The art of weaving, by hand and by power, with an introductory account of its rise and progress in ancient and modern times . ses, asfast as woven, (this roller should be well seasoned, and turnedvery true,) and is then wound on the cloth beam MM. When thewarp has been wrought up as near to the headles as can be doneconveniently, the weaver shifts forward the temples, rolls up a pro-per quantity of cloth, which unwinds an equal length of warp, thenshifts back the rods and headles, until the latter hang perpendicu-lar, and proceeds with his weaving. This is called drawing a hore by the Scotch,
The art of weaving, by hand and by power, with an introductory account of its rise and progress in ancient and modern times . ses, asfast as woven, (this roller should be well seasoned, and turnedvery true,) and is then wound on the cloth beam MM. When thewarp has been wrought up as near to the headles as can be doneconveniently, the weaver shifts forward the temples, rolls up a pro-per quantity of cloth, which unwinds an equal length of warp, thenshifts back the rods and headles, until the latter hang perpendicu-lar, and proceeds with his weaving. This is called drawing a hore by the Scotch, and a sink* byIrish linen weavers. In weaving thick and bulky fabrics of cloth there is a cross beamof wood called the breast beam instead of the small roller. SHUTTLE AND aUILL. The shuttle is made of well seasoned box wood, or of apple tree,and tipped with st^el at each end ; it runs upon two small wheelsof iron, or wood, hung on centres ; the weft thread, escaping fromthe- quill, passes through a small eye of glass, or ivory, inserted inthe side of the shuttle, next to the cloth. Fig. 12 is a representa-tion of
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