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A practical treatise on the construction of the power-loom and the art of weaving : all descriptions of texture produced by leaves of heddles : illustrated with diagrams, with calculations and instructions for the production of cotton, woollen, linen, and jute fabrics : intended as a textbook for those engaged in the trade

Brown, Alex (Alexander) · 1883 · Dundee : James P. Mathew & Co. ; London : Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. · 16 pictures

A practical 1883 textbook by Alexander Brown, published in Dundee and London for people working in the weaving trade, covering power-loom construction and textile production. Its pictures are plain line diagrams of loom mechanisms, heddle and shedding arrangements, and thread paths, useful to a designer wanting clear technical schematics with labelled reference points and simple linework.

Looms · Weaving

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