Buller and Willis
of Manchester
Also Buller, Willis and Son
Textile Machine makers
1834 Advertisement: 'TO MANUFACTURERS AND SPINNERS.- Messrs. BULLER and WILLIS, Machine-makers, beg to announce to their numerous Friends that they have now Opened their new, extensive, and commodious Workshop, where, duly appreciating all past favours, will be grateful for all the orders with which, in future they may be honoured. They trust that as they have now so many means for finishing their machinery on the best principles and speediest manner, they shall be favoured with the orders of all those to whom excellence of workmanship and celerity of execution are desirable objects.
Messrs. Buller and Willis take this opportunity of informing those who are concerned, that they will continue to make the following machines at such prices and in such a manner as will give cause for satisfaction to every one who may think to employ them ; namely, Doubling-frames for spinning, and throwing on the newest and most approved plans ; Cotton Winding Machines, Making-up Presses and Smallware Looms of every description ; also all sorts of Machinery for cotton thread manufacturing.
N. B. They have also several very excellent Second hand Winding Machines on Sale, well worth the attention of gingham manufacturers.'[1]
1838 Advertisement: 'PATENT SECTION TAPPET. PATENT JACQUARD.
—Mr. BENNET WOODCROFT (the patentee) invites the attention of Manufacturers and Loom-Makers to the above inventions.
THE SECTION TAPPET.- The plates are divided into corresponding sections, on each of which an elevator or depresser is cast, and the position of which may varied at pleasure; so that a single tappet of any number of picks to the round will weave all patterns capable of being woven by that number of picks.
THE JACQUARD.— This is formed to work shafts, and makes a top and bottom shed. It requires neither weights nor springs to be attached to the shafts. It may be applied to power and hand-looms for weaving fustians, ginghams, fancy waistcoatings, Norwich crapes, and a variety of cloths. Both inventions may be seen at work at the machine shop of Messrs. Buller and Willis, Chorlton-street, Portland-street, Manchester; and orders may be addressed by letter to Mr. Bennet Woodcroft, care of Messrs. Rufus Woodcroft and Co., New Cannon-street, Manchester'[2]
1848 An advertisement for the sale of mills, workshops and premises bounded by Bloom Street, Chorlton Street and Richmond Street contained three Lots, one of which was premises occupied by Buller, Willis and Son, and others, fronting Richmond Street [3]