COTTON MANUFACTURING.
COTTON
MANUFACTURING.
BY
C. P. BROOKS,
Examiner to the City and Guilds of London Institute; Sen. Honours Medallist, Cotton Manufacturing, 1887; Late Lecturer on Cotton Spinning, Weaving, and Designing, at the Blackburn Technical Institutions.
WITH OVER EIGHTY ILLUSTRATIONS.
Third Edition.
BLACKBURN: C. P. BROOKS, THE MOUNT.
LONDON: E. & F. N. SPON, 125 STRAND,
AND
NEW YORK: 12 CORTLANDT STREET.
1892.
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Cloth, crown 8vo, 3s. 6d.
Second Edition.
WEAVING CALCULATIONS.
BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
A Handbook on all Calculations required in
Weaving and the Preparatory Processes, including
Standard Wage Lists. For further
particulars see the end pages of this book.
PREFACE.
The lack of books relating to the weaving of cotton goodsis the motive which has led to the production of this work.Although several admirable books are extant on special branchesof textile industry, few, if any, works claim to treat practicallyof the whole range of processes popularly known as CottonManufacturing as at present conducted, and which, at the sametime, are within reach of the artisan’s pocket.
This class of work is all the more requisite in consequenceof the admirable system of trade education introduced by theCity and Guilds of London Institute, whose syllabuses for thesubjects of Cotton Manufacturing and Weaving and PatternDesigning are included in this work. It is hoped that thestudent in either of these subjects may find a handy book ofreference in this volume, which goes into explanatory detailsto as great an extent as space allows.
However, as the author has found, and doubtless manyothers actively engaged in the industry have discovered, it isbecoming a requisite in the mill that those employed there bepossessed of something more than “rule of thumb” systems ofworking—that careful and intelligent research and investigation isnecessary to success in every department. The writer truststhat this volume, based on practical experience and on theapplication of theoretical principles in the industry, may proveof assistance to such.
In addition to chapters on Weaving, in which reference ismade to most of the plain and figured fabrics woven in cotton,space is devoted to the preparatory processes, especially to the[vi]important one of Sizing; a chapter on Mill Calculations isadded, as well as a Glossary of Technical Terms—necessitatedby the nomenclature of different districts.
Acknowledgment is made of the assistance rendered bymany correspondents, whose suggestions have been, and will be,welcomed. The thanks of t