The useful arts and manufactures of Great Britain (1861)
Tomlinson, Charles, 1808-1897, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain). Committee of General Literature and Education · London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge · leaf 496
ust be secured by running a thread through them, or by some other means, or they would escape by drawing through the preceding loops, and these in like man- ner would release the previous ones, until the whole became unravelled. The working of the frames is one of considerable toil, but does not… … HEAD or CIRlULAR LOOM. power, and in some cases, not only cotton and silk, but flax, hemp, and even iron- wire, are worked with facility. In one loom of this kind, the sinker-wheel is omitted, and its place is supplied by a circle or ring, which regulates the motion of the sinkers. As soon as the…
Textile printing · Textile industry · Textile fabrics
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