Cyclopedia of textile work : a general reference library on cotton, woolen and worsted yarn manufacture, weaving, designing, chemistry and dyeing, finishing, knitting, and allied subjects (1907)
Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 210
WOOLEN AND WORSTED FINISHING 173 one thickness of cloth, otherwise the goods cannot be unwound and opened out. After the goods are taped they are weighed, generally on a scale similar to steel-yards, the beam of which is graduated to pounds on one side, and ounces and tenths on the other side. The… … result the weights put upon the weighing pinion are divided into yards so that there are weights for 4,4, 4,1, 2, 3, 5, and 10 yards. Then the gross number of yards is put upon the pinion and balanced on the beam. For instance, if a piece is 38% yards long, three 10-yard weights are placed on the…
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