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 139
to the ordinary one made by the turning of the weft thread ; but where great strength is not required it makes a very good substitute. It is formed by a very simple process, illustrated by figs. 51 and 52. They show the shed formed by the leaves of heddles A and B and the looping heddle C. One… … flying heddle which is attached to the front leaf. Fig. 51 shows the position of these threads when the front leaf is sunk, and fig. 52 w^hen the back leaf is sunk. Fig. 53 is an enlarged view of the selvage itself, showing how the threads are bound together. By a careful examination of
Looms · Weaving
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