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 117
e) and a wooden arm, known as the picking-stick, and to which is attached the picker. This stud and wooden arm are the two arms of the lever, and the upright shaft is its fulcrum, the amount of leverage being determined by the relative lengths of the stud and arm, the length of the upright shaft… … Fig. 28 is a plan of this motion, a being the wooden arm and b the cone stud upon which the tappet acts, this
