Alfred Barlow's 1878 treatise covers the history and mechanics of weaving by hand and by power, reprinted with additions from the journal Engineering, plus a chapter on lace-making machinery from the Journal of the Society of Arts. It opens with a chronological account of weaving and the textile trades, then covers ancient looms, warping, the hand loom, the fly shuttle, twills, satins, double cloth, diaper weaving, the draw loom, the Jacquard machine and harness, gauze and swivel weaving, pile fabrics and carpets. Later chapters treat the power loom and its motions (tappets, let-off, take-up, weft stop, shuttles, drop boxes), the needle loom, Jacquard card preparation and weaver's calculations, the levers lace frame, bobbin-net machine, stocking loom, and fibres and their preparation. It ends with a summary and statistical appendix of British textile factories. Hundreds of mechanical line drawings and a few weaving drafts illustrate it.

Type

Book

Date

1878

Language

English

Pages

458

Weaving drafts

on 25 pages: 99, 108, 109, 110, 112, 118, 120, 127, 128, 129, 131, 133  and 13 more