CONTENTS. PAGE Praiseworthy Efforts of our Predecessors-Seven-ply Carpeting-Late Discoveries of Ancient Machinery, &c., in Abyssinia, by Doctor Lep- sius, Mr. Fellows and others-Bronze Power Loom-Dimity Power Loom-Fork and Grid Stop-thread Motion-Spinning Machine with 256 Spindles, &c.-Net-work or Lace-Decorations of Solomon's Temple-Babylonian Pen-knife-Cuteness of Yankee Travellers- Winding or Spooling-Beaming-Drawing or Entering-Yarn Beam- Cloth Roller-Rods-Headles-Lay and Reed-Temples-Shuttles -Operation of Weaving-Sizing-Treading-Crossing the Shuttle 256579 . 1 Tweeled Cloth-Mounting of Looms for Tweeling-Draughts and Cord- ings-Arrangement of Treadles-Breaking the Tweel-Various kinds of Tweels-Various kinds of Tweeled Stripes-Dimity Cord Mount- Tweeling Double Cloth-Marseilles Quilting-The Junction of Two Unequal Fabrics-Diagonal Quilt-Waved Quilt-Diamond Quilt— Double Cloth Harness-Velvets-Plain or Tabby-backed Velvet-Sim- Common Gauze-Gauze Mountings-Whip Net-Spider and Mail Nets- Patent Net or Night Thought-Princess Royal Net-Dropped Nets, &c. 124 Draw Loom-Mounting the Draw Loom-Reading or lashing Patterns- Counterpoise Harness-Design and Colouring-Ornamental Drawing Ingrain, Three-ply, Wilton, Brussels, Velvet Pile and Turkey Carpets- Manufacture of Carpets, Rugs, &c., by Cementing a Nap or Pile on Plain Cloth-Chenille-Gobelins Tapestry-Cashmere Shawls- Origin and Progress of the New Race of Cashmere or Angora Sharp, Roberts & Co.'s Loom-Howard and Scattergood's Loom, with C. G. Gilroy's Improvements thereon-C. G. Gilroy's Improved Loom -Amassa Stone's Loom-Oliver C. Burr's Loom-Gilroy's Patent- Welcome A. Potter's Loom-Horace Hendrick's Loom-Frederick Downing's Loom-Elijah Fairman's Loom-O. M. Stillman's Loom Charles Fletcher's Loom-George Clarke's Loom-Robert Bowman's Loom-Richard Roberts' Loom-John Potter's Loom-Joseph Jones's Loom-Burt and Boyds' Loom-Manufacture of Silk Goods-Taffetas -Shining Taffeta-Gros de Naples-Thick Silk Cloth-Satin- Headle-making machine-Improved Headles-Varnishes for Headles -Jaw Temple-Draper's Rotary Temple-Craig and Cochran's Im- Damask-Haight and Bigelow's Carpet Looms-Tompkins and Gilroy's 423 |