Volume XV of the Schlomann-Oldenbourg Illustrated Technical Dictionaries, a six-language glossary of spinning terminology (English, German, Russian, French, Italian, Spanish, with Catalan equivalents added in italics). Entries are arranged by subject: cotton, flax, hemp, jute, ramie, wool, silk, artificial silk and rope making, plus winding, twisting, reeling, yarn numbering and testing. Machinery is shown in over 1200 line illustrations with lettered and numbered parts keyed to the entries. Alphabetical indexes for each language, with page and line references, fill the back of the volume.

Volume XVI of the Schlomann-Oldenbourg Illustrated Technical Dictionaries, covering weaving and woven fabrics in six languages (English, German, Russian, French, Italian, Spanish). Entries are numbered terms arranged by subject in parallel columns, with over 1300 line illustrations of looms, shedding and picking mechanisms, shuttles, reeds, Jacquard machines and lace and net machines. The sections run from yarns and winding, warping, sizing and beaming, through shedding, picking, beating-up, hand and power looms, card cutting, fabric classification, weave determination and weaving calculations. Each language has its own alphabetical index that refers to page and line numbers.