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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 128

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124 DRAUGHTS AND TREADING. Diaper. — The diaper is produced simply by reversing the draughts and treading. This can best be explained by figures. Let us suppose we have a piece of cloth wrought with the same draughts and treading we have given Fig. 29. jat fig. 27 ; supposing the warp to be white… … that shown at fig. 29. Then, if we reverse the treading (that is, go over all the leaves in the order we have arranged, no matter what that order may be, then go

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