same time
that its
introduction
into
England
was
causing
disturbances
among the
workpeople.
By an
imperial
Edict of
19th Feb.,
1685, its
use was
forbidden
throughout
all
Germany.
In Hamburg
it was
burnt in
public by
order of
the
Senate.
The
Emperor
Charles
VI., on
9th Feb.,
1719,
renewed
the edict
of 1685,
and not
till 1765
was its
use openly
allowed in
the
Electorate
of Saxony.
This
machine,
which
shook
Europe to
its
