Includes some comparisons between British and French or Belgian practice
Notebook compiled by Albert Edward Leak, 1895, containing specifications and data for the textile industry
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 MS 443
- Dates of Creation
- 1895
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. (100 ff.) Thumb indexed; partly paginated in a number of sequences. Attached to f.99 is a carbon copy of a letter in French from H. F. Suttill to Chaize Frres, St Etienne, dated 19th April [189]5, mainly about English practice in cleaning spinning machinery and about wage rates.
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Albert Edward Leak spent his life working in the textile industry, principally in rope manufacture and associated fields. He lived in Leeds, but spent some time working in Lille. His daughter, Dorothy Mary Leak became a sub-librarian at the Brotherton Library in the University of Leeds
Access Information
Access is unrestricted
Acquisition Information
Gift of Miss D. M. Leak, the compiler's daughter, April 1979
Note
In English
Additional Information
Shelved with MS 26