. Studies in primitive looms. tise on Weaving andDyeing, Huddersfield, 1893, 5th ed.). The batten consists of two flat pieces of wood into whichgrooves are cut for the reed or sley, which is fixed in by iron or wooden pins, and is suspendedfrom the capes of the loom (Alf. Barlow, The Principles of Weaving, London, 1878, p. 62).Formerly the whole reed frame, together with the two supporting side pieces and cross top piece,was known collectively as the batten; nowadays it is known as the going part. The word battenmarked on the reed (Fig. 113) is used in the ordinary sense of a thin strip of woo
. Studies in primitive looms. tise on Weaving andDyeing, Huddersfield, 1893, 5th ed.). The batten consists of two flat pieces of wood into whichgrooves are cut for the reed or sley, which is fixed in by iron or wooden pins, and is suspendedfrom the capes of the loom (Alf. Barlow, The Principles of Weaving, London, 1878, p. 62).Formerly the whole reed frame, together with the two supporting side pieces and cross top piece,was known collectively as the batten; nowadays it is known as the going part. The word battenmarked on the reed (Fig. 113) is used in the ordinary sense of a thin strip of wood, and in thisinstance to indicate that this portion of the frame is not the same as the heavy horizontal piecebelow it. The word side-battens mentioned on p. 58 is used also in the sense of a strip of wood. 84 H. LlNG Eoth.—Studies in Primitive Looms. rectangular, that is to say, it has flat sides like a board, and can only be turned overfrom side to side so that the tension of the warp is not delicately adjusted, and must. DIACfUM TO SUOW METHOD OF PlWNC TTtgWARPONTOTHe BREAST BE*fl . BU&IS .CELEBES^ SKEAl)
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