Jacquards (Standard Instruction Booklet No. 2)

Language: English

Publication date: 1926

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Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.Barry Cassidy Rare Books

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Seventh Edition. Original publisher's gray paper wrappers with staple binding. 4 1/2" x 7." Thirty-two pages, complete. A few black-and-white illustrations, complete. Pages are virtually pristine and intact. Covers are very clean and intact except for a few faint spots on front and back, slight wrinkling along spine, and tape residue and a surface tear from the tape being ripped off on back. A Very Good copy. "Standard Instruction Booklet No. 2." This is one of a series of instructional booklets authored by Crompton & Knowles Loom Works of Worcester, Massachusetts. This is entry in the series focuses on jacquard machines. As noted in the Introduction, this booklet focuses on three types of jacquard machines that were then commonly used at the time. There is little attention given to actual jacquard fabrics. Following the Introduction is a brief history of the jacquard fabric and machine's inventor, Joseph Marie Jacquard. Next is a series of brief descriptions about the three common jacquard machines, the straight-life jacquard, rise-and-fall jacquard, and double-lift jacquard. Also addressed are modifications of standard types such as the double-cylinder jacquard and cross-border jacquard, fancy jacquards designs known as jacquard lenos, method of timing for a double-lift single cylinder jacquard and double-lever rise-and-drop jacquard, and brief notes on various parts of a jacquard machine. A table in back lists the hook capacities of different types of jacquard machines.…

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Bibliographic details

Title
Jacquards (Standard Instruction Booklet No. 2)
Author
Crompton and Knowles Loom Works
Publication year
1926
Condition
Very Good
Binding
Soft cover
Language
English
Edition
5th or later Edition
Seller catalogs
Education, Science and Technology, U.S. History

Barry Cassidy Rare Books

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