Transcriber’s Notes
This e-text is based on ‘Cotton Weaving and Designing,’ from1909. Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation have been retained, butpunctuation and typographical errors have been corrected. Examplecalculations have been maintained; some erroneous figures in the tableshave been corrected.
The mid dot has been used as the decimal point (asin 3·0000). The ‘Mathematical Operators’ Unicode Block needs to besupported by the font installed in the reading device/software; specialcharacters used in this book are ‘therefore’ (∴), ‘square root’ (√),and others.
COTTON WEAVING AND DESIGNING
THE ELEMENTS OF COTTON SPINNING. By JOHN MORRIS andF. WILKINSON. With a Preface by Sir B. A. DOBSON,C.E., M.I.M.E. With 169 Diagrams and Illustrations. Crown 8vo.7s. 6d.
COTTON SPINNING CALCULATIONS AND YARN COSTS: A Practical andComprehensive Manual of Calculations, Yarn Costs and other Datainvolved in adapting the Machinery in all Sections, and for allGrades of Spinning and Doubling. By JAMES WINTERBOTTOM,Lecturer in Cotton Spinning, Municipal School of Technology,Manchester. With Diagrams and other Illustrations. 8vo. 7s. 6d.net.
JACQUARD WEAVING AND DESIGNING. By F. T. BELL,Medallist in Honours and Certificated Teacher in LinenManufacturing and in Weaving and Pattern Designing, City and Guildsof London Institute. With 199 Diagrams. 8vo. 12s. net.
PRINCIPLES OF WORSTED SPINNING. By HOWARDPRIESTMAN. With 118 Illustrations. 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.
PRINCIPLES OF WOOLLEN SPINNING.
By HOWARD PRIESTMAN.With 111 Diagrams. 8vo. 9s. net.
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
LONDON, NEW YORK, BOMBAY, AND CALCUTTA
BY
JOHN T. TAYLOR
LATE LECTURER ON COTTON WEAVING AND DESIGNING IN THEPRESTON, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, CHORLEY, AND TODMORDEN TECHNICAL SCHOOLSAND ON SILK WEAVING AND DESIGNING IN THE MACCLESFIELD TECHNICAL SCHOOLAUTHOR OF DESIGNS FOR COTTON FABRICS, ETC., IN‘THE TEXTILE MANUFACTURER’
REVISED UNDER THE DIRECTION
OF
F. WILKINSON
DIRECTOR OF THE TEXTILE AND ENGINEERING SCHOOL,BOLTON
AND
H. NISBET
WEAVING MASTER OF THE TEXTILE SCHOOL, BOLTON
SIXTH EDITION
WITH NUMEROUS DIAGRAMS
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
NEW YORK, BOMBAY, AND CALCUTTA
1909
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