The history and principles of weaving by hand and by power by Barlow Alfred

Author:Barlow, Alfred
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Hand weaving, Textile machinery
Publisher: London S. Low
Published: 1879-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

THE POWER LOOM—INTRODUCTION.

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when the weft thread breaks, and let-off and take-up motions for the warp and cloth beams. Temples for stretching the cloth laterally as it is woven, or rather to keep it from contracting, which thin warps and heavy weft are liable to, are mentioned, as well as other matters which have since taken many years to bring to perfection. At that time it was customary to size or dress the warp in the loom, but the doctor not content with this, in addition, attempted

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to do away with warping by weaving the threads direct from the reels or bobbins, as may be seen on referring to the figure (259).

Other inventors, who followed the doctor, very wisely kept more within compass, and confined themselves to those motions only which were actually necessary. Even then it took twenty years to prove that the power-loom had any advantage over the hand loom.

In Mr. Horrocks's loom, shown in Figs. 260 and 261, are "two

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