Machine Afanufactorff in I folland. tional weight caused it to break, the fi'acture resembled a cut with seissors~ which proves that each thread was of equal strength. A cord of 504 threads~ 3~ inches in circumference, 1ll feet long, woven in this manner, only wetghed 19 lbs.; whilst an ordinary cord of the same circumference and length, and as many threads~ weighed 51~ lbs. Load Meoh. I~Iagazine.