A practical treatise on the construction of the power-loom and the art of weaving : all descriptions of texture produced by leaves of heddles : illustrated with diagrams, with calculations and instructions for the production of cotton, woollen, linen, and jute fabrics : intended as a textbook for those engaged in the trade (1883)
Brown, Alex (Alexander) · Dundee : James P. Mathew & Co. ; London : Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. · leaf 35
per, constructed to spread the warp ; but before proceeding to draw the outline, we must be very careful to ascertain exactly the two principal dimensions — that is, the distance from the centre of the wiper shaft to the point of contact with the friction rollers of the treadles, and the length of… … the heddle leaves so much more of a traverse. As the distance from the point on which the treadles move to their point of contact with the wipers is to the length of stroke, the whole length of the treadles will be to the distance the heddle leaves will move. Plain wipers. — Let us suppose that the…
Looms · Weaving
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