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... shaft , which pins keep this shaft attached to the working parts of the loom , and as soon as this is accomplished motion will be suspended . 2d . And , may it please the King , The arrangement of the headles or what is called the ...
... shaft , which pins keep this shaft attached to the working parts of the loom , and as soon as this is accomplished motion will be suspended . 2d . And , may it please the King , The arrangement of the headles or what is called the ...
Page 35
... , the linch pins or keys , ( as before described ) are drawn from the arms which connect the lay to the main driving shaft of the machine ; 1 when this is accomplished , motion will be effectually suspended INTRODUCTION . 35.
... , the linch pins or keys , ( as before described ) are drawn from the arms which connect the lay to the main driving shaft of the machine ; 1 when this is accomplished , motion will be effectually suspended INTRODUCTION . 35.
Page 73
... shaft through that formed by the first . This gives him the lease for beaming , and keeps the half gangs distinct . An instrument or utensil called a ravel is then to be used . We have not given any figure of this because it differs in ...
... shaft through that formed by the first . This gives him the lease for beaming , and keeps the half gangs distinct . An instrument or utensil called a ravel is then to be used . We have not given any figure of this because it differs in ...
Page 74
... shaft connected by cords to the cloth beam . The weaver then dresses or sizes a portion of his warp and commences the operation of weaving . But before entering into the investigation of this process , it may be proper to devote some ...
... shaft connected by cords to the cloth beam . The weaver then dresses or sizes a portion of his warp and commences the operation of weaving . But before entering into the investigation of this process , it may be proper to devote some ...
Page 81
... shafts . The cord connecting one end of each jack with the headles , is attached to the first and second leaf , and that connecting the other end , to the third and fourth leaf . Under the headles are two spring staffs Q , suspended by ...
... shafts . The cord connecting one end of each jack with the headles , is attached to the first and second leaf , and that connecting the other end , to the third and fourth leaf . Under the headles are two spring staffs Q , suspended by ...
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apparatus arrangement attached axis barrel bead lams bobbins breadth breast beam cam shaft carpet carriage Cashmere catch centre cloth roller colours comb connected cross cylinder damask dents design paper double cloth draw loom embroidery fabric fastened figure fixed frame France front fulcrum gauze groove harness board holes hook horizontal improvements inches invention knot lace lash leaf tweel leaves of headles length lever long march machinery manufacture means motion mounting needles operation pantograph passes patent pattern picks of weft piece pincers pinion placed plain plain weaving plate power loom produced pulley purpose raised ratchet wheel reed round screw selvage shawls shed shown in Fig side silk slide Spitalfields spring stripes stud-pin suitable tail cord tappet teeth texture thread breaks tion treadles turned twine upper warp threads weaver weft thread weight wire woven yarn beam
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Page 295 - A wreath, that cannot fade, of flowers, that blow With most success when all besides decay. The poet's or historian's page by one Made vocal for...
Page 20 - Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
Page 46 - Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart to work all manner of work of the engraver. And of the cunning workman and of the embroiderer, in blue and in purple, in scarlet and in fine linen and of the weaver, even of them that do any work and of those that devise cunning work.
Page 45 - Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.
Page 295 - Of sounding an alarm assaults these doors Till the street rings ; no stationary steeds Cough their own knell, while, heedless of the sound, The silent circle fan themselves, and quake : But here the needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted flower...
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Page 124 - some of them were so delicate that they would pass through a man's ring, and a single person could carry a sufficient number of them to surround a whole wood.
Page 46 - Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts ; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD. 39 And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework.
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