Preliminary Operations of Weaving; Vol. I: Preparation of Grey or Plain Warps
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Page 379, at reduced quality. Open the document to read every page in full.
A 1914 technical manual by H. Nisbet on the preparation of grey (plain) cotton warps for the loom, in the Textile Manufacturer series. It covers cop and bobbin winding, knots and mechanical knotters, beam warping machines, cylinder-drying slasher (tape) sizing machines, and air-drying sizing machines. Also treated are sizing-room design, ventilation and humidifying, wages and productiveness data, and a chapter on looming (automatic warp-drawing, twisting, leasing and tying). The book is heavily illustrated with mechanical line drawings and ends with an index and manufacturers' advertisements.
- Type
- Book
- Date
- 1914
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 435
- Archive notes
- Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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