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 and especially designed to forward the extension of machinery to all kinds of plain weaving (1846)
38 PRACTICAL TREATISE formed with the threads, in couples up and down alternately. This shed or rod, is cleared down to … Fig. 20, Lateral Section of the Modern Hand Loom. the beam ; all the rods are then taken out, and the web is effectually cleared up by brushing it once or twice 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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