"The Bobbinet machine is a plain-net lacemaking machine invented and patented by John Heathcoat in 1808 (patent no. 3151), and with a slight modification it was ...
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patented again in 1809 (patent no. 3216). This machine was known as the Old Loughborough. Heathcoat continued to improve his machine. There were many breaches of his patent. The ´Circular´ was an improvement, designed in 1824, by William Morley (patent no.4921). As it gained ascendency, its distinctive name was dropped; it became the bobbinet and Heathcoats machíne the Old Loughborough." - (en.wikipedia.org 31.07.2020)