1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class VI.: Mark Smith
22. SMITH, MARK, Heywood, near Manchester — Inventor and Maker.
Loom for weaving naval canvas, Dutch and Venetian carpets, and applying the rising-box motion to Scotch and Kidderminster carpets. The speed of this loom is 120 picks per minute; it drives a shuttle that will weave a yard of cloth from one bobbin.
Loom for weaving strong fustians, strong ticks, linen, damask, and woollen cloths, on the same principle, with the addition of self-acting temples. It weaves 5 lb. No. 2 cotton weft, or 100 hanks in ten hours; and works safely at 200 picks per minute.
Loom with rising and falling box motion for weaving plaids, checks, ginghams, fancy drills, quiltings, and calicoes.
Loom for weaving silks, fitted up for plain cloths, but applicable to satins and figured work by attaching the necessary cams or tapets, or the Jacquard machine.
Working model, comprising most of the motions of those looms.