A practical treatise on weaving by hand and power looms; intended as a text book for manufacturers by hand and power looms, and power loom engineers .. (1846)
White, George · Glasgow, J. Niven · leaf 49
cation of the paste—it must be opened up,so that the threads may, as much as possible, be in-dividually clear of each other. This clearing up ofthe threads is called redding the web, and for thefacility of doing so chiefly, a third rod, the lease rodky Figs. 19th and ^20th, is used, and put in a… … Fig. 20, Lateral Section of the Modern Hand Loom. the beam; all the rods are then taken out, and theweb is effectually cleared up by brushing it once ortwice over with a dry brush. The yarn is next ex-amined for the purpose of picking it of any knots,and piecing any threads, otherwise faulty,…
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