The Art of Weaving, by Hand and by Power: With an Introductory Account of Its Rise and Progress in Ancient and Modern Times, for the Use of Manufacturers and Others |
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... Roller - Rods - Headles - Lay and Reed - Temples - Shuttles -Operation of Weaving - Sizing - Treading - Crossing the Shuttle -Striking up the Weft - Stripes and Checks - Warping Striped Webs , & c . 69 SECTION SECOND . TWEELING ...
... Roller - Rods - Headles - Lay and Reed - Temples - Shuttles -Operation of Weaving - Sizing - Treading - Crossing the Shuttle -Striking up the Weft - Stripes and Checks - Warping Striped Webs , & c . 69 SECTION SECOND . TWEELING ...
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... rollers are placed . The cloth roller C , may be seen at the bottom , but the yarn roller at the top is not shown in the drawing , although its proper position is evident enough from the manner in which the warp threads DD , descend ...
... rollers are placed . The cloth roller C , may be seen at the bottom , but the yarn roller at the top is not shown in the drawing , although its proper position is evident enough from the manner in which the warp threads DD , descend ...
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... roller , are now divided into two , or more series , for weaving distinct pieces of cloth ; and for this purpose , the surface of the dents of each reed , is divided by means of a long narrow ruler , ( which is secured across the dents ) ...
... roller , are now divided into two , or more series , for weaving distinct pieces of cloth ; and for this purpose , the surface of the dents of each reed , is divided by means of a long narrow ruler , ( which is secured across the dents ) ...
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... rollers , as the warp is drawn off by the gradual forma- tion of the cloth . A ratchet wheel is fixed upon one end of each warp roller , and two clicks are so connected with the machinery , which carries the lay up and down , that as 24 ...
... rollers , as the warp is drawn off by the gradual forma- tion of the cloth . A ratchet wheel is fixed upon one end of each warp roller , and two clicks are so connected with the machinery , which carries the lay up and down , that as 24 ...
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... rollers gathers up two or more pieces at once , and consequently it will increase in size faster than said Ghelen's loom , which winds up only one thickness . The mechanism for turning the cloth roller round adapts itself to this ...
... rollers gathers up two or more pieces at once , and consequently it will increase in size faster than said Ghelen's loom , which winds up only one thickness . The mechanism for turning the cloth roller round adapts itself to this ...
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arrangement attached axis barrel bead lams bobbins breadth breast beam cam shaft cards carpet carriage Cashmere centre cloth roller colours comb connected crank cross cylinder damask dents design paper double cloth draw loom embroidery fabric fastened figure fixed frame France front gauze groove harness board holes horizontal improvements invention Jacquard Jacquard loom knot lace lash leaf leaves of headles length lever long march machine machinery manufacture means motion mounting needles operation pantograph party-coloured passes patent pattern picks per inch 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 slides Spitalfields spring stripes stud-pin suitable tail cord tappet teeth texture thread breaks tion treadles turned tweel twine upper warp threads weaver weft thread weight wire woven yarn beam
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