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 (1887)
Brown, Alex (Alexander) · Dundee : James P. Mathew & Co. ; London : Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. · leaf 127
second back one, and proceeding on every alternate leaf until a thread has been drawn on each. The treading is performed in the same order, the leaves remaining down during half the number of treads and up during the same time, one moving down and another up every tread. Ornamental tweels. — There… … draughts and treading of a six-leaf tweel of this descrip- tion. There is absolutely no limit to the number of patterns that can be produced in this way, simply by altering the order of the draughts or treading, or both* Fig. 28. The greater the number of leaves, the greater is the scope for the…
Looms · Weaving
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