Encyclopedia Britannica (11th ed.) article on textile finishing, the mechanical processes applied to bleached, dyed or printed fabrics to give the surface a characteristic appearance or handle. It covers cotton pieces (stentering, starching, damping, calendering, beetling, raising), woollen and worsted pieces (milling, carbonizing, teasing, shearing, crabbing, hot and continuous pressing), pile fabrics, silk, and the finishing of cotton, wool and silk yarns. Eight line diagrams and engravings show machines such as the back-starching machine, beetling machine, milling stocks and continuous press.

Encyclopedia Britannica (11th edition) article on hosiery and the machine knitting industry. It defines hosiery as loop-structure fabrics, distinguishes frame-work (weft) knitting from warp knitting, and traces the history of knitting from the 15th century. It describes William Lee's 1589 stocking frame and later developments: Strutt's rib machine, the Dawson wheel, Cotton's rotary frame, the latch needle, Brunel's circular frame, and the Lamb flat machine. Illustrated with figures of loop structures, a hand stocking frame, needle types and loop formation.