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 146
nt is further shown at Fig. 37. If nothing more were provided than this spring it will be obvious that the arrangement would be very unsatisfactory, because if this spring were very strong the warp would suffer before it would give way so as to liberate the reed, and if it were not strong it would… … that if the shuttle has passed through the shed safely, as the going part or lay comes forward to beat the weft up to the cloth the point of the finger passes under the frog, and so holds the reed firmly in position while the blow is being given. On the other hand, if the shuttle has not passed…
