The Art of Weaving: By Hand and by Power, with an Introductory Account of Its Rise and Progress in Ancient and Modern Times ...Wiley & Putnam, 1845 - 542 pages |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
apparatus arrangement attached axis barrel bead lams bobbins breadth breast beam cam shaft 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 fulcrum gauze groove harness board holes horizontal improvements inches invention Jacquard knot lace lash leaf tweel leaves of headles length lever long march machine 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