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... Warping Machine . - Mounting the Loom.- Shuttle . Methods of Weaving.- Riband Weaving . -Engine- loom . - .... - .... 178 CHAP . IV . FIGURE WEAVING Sumptuary Laws . - Antiquity of ornamental Weaving . - Stripes .-- Checks . Changes of ...
... Warping Machine . - Mounting the Loom.- Shuttle . Methods of Weaving.- Riband Weaving . -Engine- loom . - .... - .... 178 CHAP . IV . FIGURE WEAVING Sumptuary Laws . - Antiquity of ornamental Weaving . - Stripes .-- Checks . Changes of ...
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... warp in silk manufactures , its importation was permitted from any port and under any flag until twenty days after the commencement of the next session of par- liament ; and this relaxation was extended from year to year , by successive ...
... warp in silk manufactures , its importation was permitted from any port and under any flag until twenty days after the commencement of the next session of par- liament ; and this relaxation was extended from year to year , by successive ...
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... warp and shoot - 0 0 11 Add 4 ounces for loss in dyeing and waste , to make 16 ounces when manufac- tured Winding and warping 18.3d . 5 Weaving 16 yards . , reckoning 1 oz . to the yard , at 44d . per yard 1 4 8 062 1 10 10 60 073 1 18 ...
... warp and shoot - 0 0 11 Add 4 ounces for loss in dyeing and waste , to make 16 ounces when manufac- tured Winding and warping 18.3d . 5 Weaving 16 yards . , reckoning 1 oz . to the yard , at 44d . per yard 1 4 8 062 1 10 10 60 073 1 18 ...
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... warping and winding the silk . This comparison is made on the supposition that Italian thrown silk is used in both cases ; and , as already mentioned , excluding the amount of duty payable on importation to this country . This duty is ...
... warping and winding the silk . This comparison is made on the supposition that Italian thrown silk is used in both cases ; and , as already mentioned , excluding the amount of duty payable on importation to this country . This duty is ...
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... warp , that is , to form the length of the goods , is a more elaborate performance , and requires a more detailed descrip- tion than the two former , in giving which , it is hoped , that a correct idea may be also communicated of the ...
... warp , that is , to form the length of the goods , is a more elaborate performance , and requires a more detailed descrip- tion than the two former , in giving which , it is hoped , that a correct idea may be also communicated of the ...
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Page 195 - The natural effort of every individual to better his own condition, when suffered to exert itself with freedom and security, is so powerful a principle, that it is alone, and without any assistance, not only capable of carrying on the society to wealth and prosperity, but of surmounting a hundred impertinent obstructions with which the folly of human laws too often encumbers its operations...
Page 217 - This brought on a conversation on the subject, in which the Manchester gentlemen unanimously agreed that the thing was impracticable; and, in defence of their opinion, they adduced arguments which. I certainly was incompetent to answer, or even to comprehend, being totally ignorant of the subject, having never at that time seen a person weave.
Page 216 - One of the company observed that as soon as Arkwright's patent expired, so many mills would be erected, and so much cotton spun, that hands would never be found to weave it.
Page 217 - I then had of the business, there could only be three movements, which were to follow each other in succession, there would be little difficulty in producing and repeating them. Full of these ideas, I immediately employed a carpenter and smith to carry them into effect. As soon as the machine was finished, I got a weaver to put in the warp, which was of such materials as sailcloth is usually made of.
Page 23 - Amidst their pious occupations, they viewed with a curious eye the common dress of the Chinese, the manufactures of silk, and the myriads of silk-worms, whose education (either on trees or in houses) had once been considered as the labour of queens.
Page 217 - Congreve rocket In short, it required the strength of two powerful men to work the machine at a slow rate, and only for a short time.