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Identifier: treatiseontextil00ashe (find matches)
Title: A treatise on textile calculations and the structure of fabrics
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Ashenhurst, Thos. R. (Thomas R.)
Subjects: Textile fabrics Textile research Textile fibers
Publisher: Huddersfield : Broadbent
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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trated which has been madespecially for the purpose, unless the fact is madeknown at the time. It is necessary now to consider the influence ofthreads upon each other in the formation of a clothso as to determine how in their interlacing one setbends another, and what degree of bending shouldtake place. At the commencement let a perfectplain cloth be the subject of consideration, and thewarp and weft both of the same bulk and of thesame material. Whilst the wTarp is held tight inthe loom in the process of weaving there can beno bend or curvature given to the threads, butwhen taken out of the loom, whether the materialbe cotton, wool, silk, or any other, the strength ofthe weft threads will assert themselves and awaviness will appear in the warp equal to that ofthe weft, and if subjected to any process of washingor finishing where no strain or tension is put uponeither one or the other set of threads, this bendingwill become more marked, and will still be thesame in both warp and weft.
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