The analysis & reproduction of textile fabrics : being a reasonable explanation of the necessary calculations and processes involved in analysing, effecting the required changes, and reproducing all the principal types of woven textures, from the raw materials to the finished cloth ; with an appendix upon "The cost of cloths." (1894)
Barker, A. F. (Aldred Farrer), b. 1868 · Manchester : Marsden · leaf 36
oot of the counts x y2^. The singleyarns here given would probably be spun for weft or fortwisting. Thus we should expect single warp yarns toapproach nearer the theoretical number of turns than dothe examples given. Testing the Twist.—With these particulars, theanalyst should be able to judge the… … Fig. 3. should employ the little machine shown in Figure 3, whichis so constructed that the twist from any number of inchesmay be obtained. One end of the yarn is clasped in thestationary pillar; the moving pillar wMth winder is thenrun upon the rest (which is graduated in inches) to thedesired…
Textile design · Weaving
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