The art of weaving by hand and by power, with an account of its rise and progressBaldwin, 1845 - 538 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 4
... wheel - wright building a chariot ; a leather cutter using the self same form of knife of old as is consid- ered the best form now ; the plain , and fancy weavers actively employed at their respective looms ; a white smith using that ...
... wheel - wright building a chariot ; a leather cutter using the self same form of knife of old as is consid- ered the best form now ; the plain , and fancy weavers actively employed at their respective looms ; a white smith using that ...
Page 5
... wheel to work the treadles , and a curious motion to stop the machine when the weft thread or threads break . This last contrivance consists of two parts , one of which is very like an ' Irish gridiron , ' and is fixed in the lay in a ...
... wheel to work the treadles , and a curious motion to stop the machine when the weft thread or threads break . This last contrivance consists of two parts , one of which is very like an ' Irish gridiron , ' and is fixed in the lay in a ...
Page 11
... wheel very similar to that of the English spinster , though upon a smaller construction . The mother of a family , in some in- stances , will procure as much as from $ 1,75 to $ 2,25 , a month , by spinning cotton . The tanties or ...
... wheel very similar to that of the English spinster , though upon a smaller construction . The mother of a family , in some in- stances , will procure as much as from $ 1,75 to $ 2,25 , a month , by spinning cotton . The tanties or ...
Page 17
... wheels which flew round as rapidly as lightning , and gave out thread like water falling from a mountain torrent ; and all the while he never ceased singing , My mistress , little she knows my name , Which shan't be forgot , which shan ...
... wheels which flew round as rapidly as lightning , and gave out thread like water falling from a mountain torrent ; and all the while he never ceased singing , My mistress , little she knows my name , Which shan't be forgot , which shan ...
Page 24
... 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 INTRODUCTION .
... 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 INTRODUCTION .
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
arrangement attached axis barrel bead lams bobbins breadth breast beam cards carpet carriage Cashmere catch centre cloth roller colours comb connected crank cross cylinder damask dents design paper double cloth draw loom embroidery fabric fastened figure fixed frame front gauze groove harness board holes horizontal improvements inch invention Jacquard Jacquard loom knot lace lash leaf tweel leaves of headles length lever long march machine machinery manufacture means motion mounting needles operation pantograph party-coloured passes patent pattern piece pincers placed plain plain weaving plate power loom produced pulley raised ratchet wheel reed round screw selvage shaft shawls shed shown in Fig shuttle side silk slides Spitalfields spring stripes stud-pin suitable tail cord tappet teeth texture thread breaks tion treadles turned twine upper warp threads weaver weaving weft thread weight wire woven yarn beam
Popular passages
Page 58 - Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age : and he made him a coat of many colours.
Page 42 - The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, And cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
Page 45 - The King's daughter is all glorious within ; her clothing is of wrought gold. She shall be brought unto the King in raiment of needlework : the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
Page 43 - 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 47 - So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.
Page 48 - O'er-picturing that Venus where we see The fancy outwork nature ; on each side her Stood pretty dimpled boys, like smiling Cupids, With divers-colour'd fans, whose wind did seem To glow the delicate cheeks which they did cool, And what they undid did. Agr. O ! rare for Antony. Eno. Her gentlewomen, like the Nereides, So many mermaids, tended her i...
Page 14 - 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 48 - The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water : the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the sails, and so perfumed, that The winds were love-sick with them...
Page 42 - 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 48 - So many mermaids, tended her i' the eyes, And made their bends adornings ; at the helm A seeming mermaid steers ; the silken tackle Swell with the touches of those flower-soft hands, That yarely frame the office. From the barge A strange invisible perfume hits the sense Of the adjacent wharfs. The city cast Her people out upon her, and Antony, Enthron'd i...