A Practical Treatise On Weaving And Designing Of Textile Fabrics: : With Chapters On The Principles Of Construction Of The Loom, Calculations And Colour

A Practical Treatise On Weaving And Designing Of Textile Fabrics: : With Chapters On The Principles Of Construction Of The Loom, Calculations And Colour

In writing and placing this work before the public, the object which was in view has been to assist in furthering the efforts which are now being made to promote the advancement of technical education in connection with the textile trades in this country.If the perusal of this volume should assist the student in any degree in mastering the details of his craft, the author will feel that his labours have not been all in vain, and that he has done something towards maintaining the supremacy of our manufactures, and thereby maintaining that commercial position which has been the great source of wealth, as well as the pride and glory of the English people.The rise and progress of the textile manufactures of this country have, within the last century, been something marvellous, and the products of the loom have in no small degree contributed to the wealth of the nation. Yet it is a remarkable fact that this art

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Table of Contents:

Copyright

PREFACE

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

WEAVING

THE LOOM AND ITS ACCESSORIES

THE JACQUARD

THE POWER LOOM

SHEDDING

SPEED OF TAPPETS

PICKING

BEATING UP OF THE WEFT

THE TAKE-UP MOTION

THE TENSION OF THE WARP

THE WARP LINE

SHUTTLE PROTECTOR, OR STOP ROD

WEFT-STOPPING MOTION

GENERAL WORKING OF THE LOOM

SPEED, GEARING, POWER, ETC.

POWER OF TOOTHED WHEELS

POWER OF LEATHER BELTS

THE STRENGTH OF SHAFTS TO RESIST TENSION

DESIGNING

COMBINATIONS AND ARRANGEMENT OF DESIGNS

SPOT FIGURES

DOUBLE CLOTH

JACQUARD FIGURES

GAUZE WEAVING

GENERAL ARRANGEMENT OF PATTERNS

SLAYING OR SETTING FABRICS

CALCULATIONS OF MATERIALS, &C.

COLOUR

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION

INDEX