A practical treatise on weaving and designing of textile fabrics : with chapters on the principles of construction of the loom, calculations, and colour (1885)
Ashenhurst, Thos. R. (Thomas R.) · Huddersfield, [Eng.] : J. Broadbent · leaf 388
en are of opinion that the increased speed is purchased at too high a price. The question is and always must be, whether the advantage gained is not counter- balanced by the disadvantages, or whether the increased speed is not gained at the cost of efficiency. Before we enter more fully into the… … FIG: 8. m view. One is as we have said, increased speed, and the other an improved shed, coupled with a counterpoise harness, in which the falling or sinking part of the shed would balance the rising part and effect economy in power. Then first as to the shed, that is the separation of the warp…
