Loom
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An encyclopedia entry on the loom, defining it as the weaver's frame and describing a plain-weave silk loom illustrated on an engraved plate. It explains the cloth beam and yarn beam, the two heddles (called lambs) worked by treadles, the swinging reed frame, and the shuttle race with pickers driven by a hand-held stick. It also describes the weaver's sequence of operations and the speed of an expert weaver.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1828
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 3
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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