Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts (1880)
D. Appleton and Company, Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 378
, and the shuttle and shuttle-box. Power-looms are also classifiedaccording to the manner in whichtheir shuttles are operated, andin this respect form three distinctclasses: 1. The picking-stick loom. Inthis loom the shuttle is made fromapple-wood, jointed at both endsand shod with iron points. A… … 364 LOOMS, POWER. ous contact of its driver. Ilence the width of the web and the number of shuttles which it is pos-sible to carry across simultaneously are unlimited. 3. The rack-and-pinion loom. In this loom the shuttle is pushed from one side of the web anddrawn out at the other, through its…
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