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A complete dictionary of dry goods and history of silk, linen, wool and other fibrous substances (1892)

Cole, George S. [from old catalog] · Chicago, W. B. Conkey company] · leaf 379

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eems almost incredible that so manyvarieties could be made in the material and design of fabrics by the aid ofso simple apparatus. We have only to remember, however, how manymelodious combinations can be made on a scale of seven notes, and what 374 COLES DICTIONARY OF DRY GOODS. WEA an illimitable… … FANCY COTTON LOOM. variety. All, though, resolve themselves into the original elementary com-binations possible to the hand-loom. Methods and motive power growwith the ages, but the fundamental principle of forming textiles has re- WEA COLES DICTIONARY OF DRY GOODS. 375 mained unchanged since the…

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