The textile industries : a practical guide to fibres, yarns & fabrics in every branch of textile manufacture, including preparation of fibres, spinning, doubling, designing, weaving, bleaching, printing, dyeing and finishing (1910)
Murphy, William S · London : The Gresham Publishing Company · leaf 29
threads of warp 8 THE TEXTILE INDUSTRIES and weft upon each other, it was found convenient to separate thealternate threads of the warp in some such fashion as would enablethe weaver easily to operate each set at one stroke. Many curiousand crude contrivances were adopted, but the device which… … Fi? I. —Indian Hand Loom both sets. He gathered all the cords of each set into a single knot,tied a dependent cord on both, looped the hanging end, and operatedthe warp shed by putting his toes through the loops. Having thus obtained control of the shedding of his warp, theweaver could manipulate…
Textile industry · Textile fabrics
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