Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. . chines themselves. Such was the simple form of the power-loom. One half of the warps werealternately raised and lowered for the shot of weft; but as a wovenfabric is one in which the warp and weft are united by passing them overand under each other, the figure or pattern of the cloth will be vari
Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. . chines themselves. Such was the simple form of the power-loom. One half of the warps werealternately raised and lowered for the shot of weft; but as a wovenfabric is one in which the warp and weft are united by passing them overand under each other, the figure or pattern of the cloth will be varied as thethreads are crossed in different combinations, and this will depend on theorder of raising and lowering the warp threads, and the introduction of differ-ent characters and colors of weft. This brings up for review the most impor-tant parts of the loom structure — the shedding mechanism and shuttle-boxmotions—through whose agencies the most beautiful and complicateddesigns are produced. Shedding mechanism was present of course in all looms, but in the power-looms of the early part of this century it was confined to tappets adjusted ona revolving shaft, and the number of heddles was limited to six or good twills and other like fabrics could be produced within the limits. WEAVING. THE OLD WAY.
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