The science of knitting : an illustrated reference book of the elementary principles of knit fabrics and machine knitting, including fundamental conventions, definitions, rules, formulas and tables, for the student, operator, manufacturer and analyst (1914)
Tompkins, Ernest, 1869-, Wildman Mfg. Co · New York : J. Wiley & Sons · leaf 277
with 16 yarn. Also suppose the question arises whether the 7-cut machine may advantageously be made finer. From the preceding it is evident that to make it finer without change in other conditions will increase the production, which is advantageous, but will the increased waste and needle breakage… … = 10 X 0.79 = 7.9, say 8. Therefore, the 7-cut machine may be changed to 8 cut with the result that the new production will be to the old as 8: 7 = f = 1.143, or 14.3 per cent gain, and with the expectancy of its running as well as the 10-cut machine. If the result had come out less than 7, it…
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