Cotton weaving: its development, principles, and practice . Others contend that it is trace-able to the Italian word diaspro, the jasper, which it issupposed to resemble from its shifting lights. Thoughentertaining, these are points which must be left toantiquarians. Whatever may have been the material in which thesecloths were originally made, the terms long ago came tomean the character of the weave, and thus we now havelinen and cotton diapers, silk and linen damasks, andpractically both these weaves are one. Diaper generallysignifies a cloth covered with geometrical figures, scroll orlatti
Cotton weaving: its development, principles, and practice . Others contend that it is trace-able to the Italian word diaspro, the jasper, which it issupposed to resemble from its shifting lights. Thoughentertaining, these are points which must be left toantiquarians. Whatever may have been the material in which thesecloths were originally made, the terms long ago came tomean the character of the weave, and thus we now havelinen and cotton diapers, silk and linen damasks, andpractically both these weaves are one. Diaper generallysignifies a cloth covered with geometrical figures, scroll orlattice work, small flowers and other like devices. Damaskshave larger and more elaborate patterns. This descrip-tion roughly defines the character of these kindred typesof textile fabrics. The means employed to produce these figured fabricsin ancient times have not come down to us, but from latemediaeval times it appears to have been the draw this the jacquard machine came into use, and subse-quently its modification the dobby, the latter for the. Fig. 139.—Loom mounted with Dobby. 216 COTTON WEAVING. smaller and simpler diaper patterns mostly. Severalother, now disused, appliances intervened. In damasks,however, the jacqnard continued to prevail, notwithstand-ing its great drawback in the shape of cost for cards, has for a long time now been a steady and con-tinuous movement, endeavouring to diminish this item,which has been attended with a great degree of success,in the invention of repeating motions by which the numberof cards required has been greatly reduced in both diapersand damasks. Still there has been room for furtheradvancement, and now we have to record and describe aninvention that, so far as diapers go, will dispense withcards altogether. * The invention under notice removes this great obstacleout of the way by reducing the cost to a point not worthmentioning, by providing the manufacturer with an ap-pliance by which he can produce an innumerabl
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