The art of weaving, by hand and by power, with an introductory account of its rise and progress in ancient and modern times (1844)
Gilroy, Clinton G · New York, Baldwin · leaf 370
it is keyed, or made fast, onthe end of the cam shaft G; and it is by means of this shaft, inconnexion with suitable tappets and levers, that motion is commu-nicated to the headles for the purpose of shedding the warp, as wellas for giving motion to the shuttle. The cranks of the driving shaftare… … weighted in the ordinary manner used for coarse goods, namely, bypassing a rope round the circumference of each end, to which ropea jfriction weight M, is attached. The cloth roller and take-up motion(as any practical manufacturer will perceive) possess no feature ofnovelty, consisting merely of a…
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