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 62
WEAVING AND DESIGNING 54 Fig. I, and consists simply of two long loops, linked or passed through each other, and then each passed over a flat wooden shaft, and made secure to a waxed band, known as the ridge band, the object of which is to keep each loop in its proper place. The loops are placed at… … Fig. 4. upper loop being knotted at a short distance from where it links with the lower half; the kind shown at Fig. 3 has a metallic eye ; and Fig. 4 is a wire heald, made of small twisted wire, a small loop being left in the centre for the thread to pass through, and a larger one at each end for…
