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
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.















