Spinning and weaving calculations : with special reference to woollen fabrics (1904)
Reiser, Nicolas · London : Scott, Greenwood and Co. ; New York : D. Van Nostrand Co. · leaf 81
kness of the back weft itself. The greater the number of bindings of the back weft the more extensive the warp contraction. Consequently, the goods will come out shorter in the weave illustrated in Fig. 13, where the back weft u, is bound after every fourth face pick o, than in that shown in Fig.… … Fig. 14, the warp contraction increases in proportion to the number of weft layers in the fabric. "When double fabrics are in question, where each warp has its own special weft, the contraction is the same as in simple fabrics, except that the binding together of the face and back fabrics also…
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