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 158
l reed was i ell or 37 in. long, and the designationof the reed was according to the number of teeth, dents, or splits in THE PLAIN LOOM AND ITS DEVELOPMENT 119 that length. The dents range in number from 300 to 1000 in the ell,and the class is written thus: 3°°, or io°°, as the case may be. Whena… … A, A, Swords. Fig. 227B, Hand-tree, c, Reed, d, Sley-sole or shuttle-race, e, e, Shuttle-boxes, f, f, Pickers. is 40 threads, and 2 threads are counted to each dent; the quality ofthe reed is described by the number of porters in a given length ofreed. Cotton weavers call porters beers, by what we…
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