Lectures on Practical Weaving and Cloth Dissection
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A comprehensive late-Victorian textbook on power-loom weaving and cloth analysis by Thomas R. Ashenhurst, a Bradford Technical College textile head master. Fourteen lectures cover winding, warping, beaming, drafting, plain weaving, beat-up, picking, shuttle box motions, shedding (tappets, dobbies), take-up and let-off motions, Jacquards and harnesses, card cutting, loom adjuncts, special looms (lappet, webbing, carpet, plush), and cloth dissection and testing. It is heavily illustrated with engraved mechanical diagrams of loom mechanisms, and has period advertisements from loom and bobbin makers at the front and back.
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