The history and principles of weaving by hand and by power : reprinted, with considerable additions, from "Engineering," with a chapter on lace-making machinery, reprinted from the "Journal of the Society of Arts" (1878)
Barlow, Alfred · London : S. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington ; Philadelphia : H. Carey Baird · leaf 104
be counteracted, otherwise the cloth would be difficult to weave, and very irregular work would be the result. The con- trivance used for the purpose is called a " temple," and they have been made in a variety of forms, but for hand-loom use a very simple one suffices. Fig. 34 represents a common… … These points are placed in the two selvages of the cloth, and it is thereby held stretched out and pi'evented from contracting, as it would otherwise do. As the cloth is woven the temple is moved. Fig. 21 shows the temple as it lies upon the cloth at S. In power- loom weaving the temples are made…
Weaving · Hand weaving · Lace and lace making
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