Shuttle
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Encyclopedia article defining the shuttle as the boat-shaped implement that carries weft through the warp. It discusses the shuttle's ancient origins, including Egyptian wall paintings, hooked rods and netting needles, and John Kay's fly shuttle of 1733. It also describes materials, sizes and weights of silk and power-loom calico shuttles, the tongues that hold the weft, and the small shuttles for ribbons and narrow goods. It ends with cross-references to the articles Weaving and Weaving Machinery.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1911
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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