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 64
56 WEAVING AND DESIGNING arrangement shown at Fig. 6 a great variety of patterns could be woven ; and this arrangement has existed and continued up to the present time, though not always in the exact form shown here ; sometimes the long cords passing up the sides of the loom, and connecting the… … o o o o Fig. 6. of the warp ; in that case a double set of short levers are required above the healds, with cords passing from the outer ends, instead of as shown in this drawing. The modus operand i of this method of gearing is as follows : — Each heald is suspended from one end of one of the…
