The textile industries : a practical guide to fibres, yarns & fabrics in every branch of textile manufacture, including preparation of fibres, spinning, doubling, designing, weaving, bleaching, printing, dyeing and finishing
A multi-volume technical manual on textile manufacture by William S. Murphy, published in London by Gresham in 1910 for mill workers, managers and students of spinning, weaving, dyeing and finishing. The plates are line engravings of carding engines, combers, looms and drafting trains, drawn in outline and section with lettered parts, dotted rollers and long belt runs, offering designers clean machine profiles, gear clusters and diagrammatic flow paths.
