The art of weaving, by hand and by power, with an introductory account of its rise and progress in ancient and modern times . ril, 1785. It iscertain that this machine would have long since passed into oblivion,had it not been for the improvements made upon it by other menof genius. It was not until the year ISOl that power loom weav-ing began to be extensively introduced for the manufacture of plaingoods ; and not until the years 1830 to 1834 that it was successfullyapplied to Ught fancy fabrics, with small patterns, (say, of from 10 to * For the true origin of power loom weaving (plain, twee
The art of weaving, by hand and by power, with an introductory account of its rise and progress in ancient and modern times . ril, 1785. It iscertain that this machine would have long since passed into oblivion,had it not been for the improvements made upon it by other menof genius. It was not until the year ISOl that power loom weav-ing began to be extensively introduced for the manufacture of plaingoods ; and not until the years 1830 to 1834 that it was successfullyapplied to Ught fancy fabrics, with small patterns, (say, of from 10 to * For the true origin of power loom weaving (plain, tweeled and figured,of every description) see introduction to this work, page 5, 20 to 37, and 64. 44 346 THE ART CF WEAVING. 75 changes of design.) Since 1834, it has been still further im-proved by various ingenious individuals, both in Europe and Ameri-ca, so as to make it available in tlie manufacture of almost everydescription of figured textures, whether of cotton, silk, linen or the present section, we shall confine ourself to laying before ourreaders its application to the weaving of plain fabrics. Fig, Fig. 155 shows a side view in elevation of the power loom, asconstructed by Messrs. Sharp, Roberts &. Co., Manchester; but astheir machine contauis no particular feature of novelty, we shall notwaste much time upon it. Fig. 156 is a section of the same takenthrough the centre, showing the interior working parts of the ma-chine. A is the frame work of the loom ; B, belt pulleys (Fig. 155;) C,fly wheel for equalizing irregularities of motion during the workingof the machine: D (Fig. 156,) driving spur-wheel, fixed on the PLAIN WEAVING. 347 crank shaft E, and gearing into the wheel F; this wheel F, hasdouble the number of teeth of the spur wheel D, and consequentlymakes only half as many revolutions: it is keyed, or made fast, onthe end of the cam shaft G; and it is by means of this shaft, inconnexion with suitable tappets and levers, that motion is commu-nicated
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