Cyclopedia of textile work : a general reference library on cotton, woollen and worsted yarn manufacture, weaving, designing, chemistry and dyeing, finishing, knitting, and allied subjects (1907)
Chicago : American school of correspondence · leaf 283
a standard. Weigh half the yard of unknown count anddivide the resulting weight by the standard. The quotient willbe the counts of yarn. I yd. weighs J of a gr. 4.166 -r- .25 = 16.6 counts.i yd. weighs xV of a gr. 4-166 -f- .1 = 41.6 counts. Twisted and ply yarns are denoted as follows: j^qs, -3^2^… … WEAVING 237 yarns are two or more ply yarns twisted together, and are described 4 as _2ls, or 8 ends of single 60s. 6 0 ^ Although ply threads are slightly heavier than the samenumber of yards of the single threads before they are twisted(caused by the increased contraction), it is customary when…
Textile industry · Textile fabrics
Internet Archive · UMass Dartmouth, Claire T. Carney Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from The Mason Machine Works, Taunton, Massachusetts, U.S.A., inventors and builders of cotton machinery : Founded 1842 ; Incorporated 1873 ; [Catalogue] (1898)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-masonmachinework00maso-330-94.webp)