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THE JACQUARD MACHINE Analyzed and Explained: WITH AN APPENDIX ON THE PREPARATION OF JACQUARD CARDS, AND PRACTICAL HINTS TO LEARNERS OF JACQUARD DESIGNING.
BY E. A. POSSELT, _Head Master, Textile Department, Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art_, No. 1336 Spring Garden Street.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.: PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE SCHOOL. 1888.
Press of Dando Printing and Publishing Co., 34 S. Third St., Philadelphia.
Photo-Engravings by The Levytype Company, Philadelphia.
=The Jacquard Machine--General Arrangement and Application=, 9
=Illustration of the different parts of the Jacquard Machine--Method of Operation, etc.=, 11
=The Jacquard Harness--The Comber-boards=, 20
=Tying-up of Jacquard Harness=, 23 I.--Straight-through Tie-up, 23 II.--Straight-through Tie-up for Repeated Effects, in one Repeat of the Design, 29 III.--Straight-through Tie-up of Jacquard Loom, having Front Harness attached, 31 IV.--Centre Tie-up, 33 V.--Straight-through and Point Tie-ups Combined, 35 VI.--Straight-through Tie-up in Two Sections, 48 VII.--Tying-up a Jacquard Harness for Figuring Part of the Design with an Extra Warp, 51 VIII.--Straight-through Tie-up in Three Sections, 53 IX.--Point Tie-up in Three Sections, 55 X.--Combination Tie-up in Two Sections, 56 XI.--Straight-through Tie-up in Four Sections, 57 XII.--Tying-up of Jacquard Looms with Compound Harness attached, 58 XIII.--Tying-up Jacquard Looms for Gauze Fabrics, 64
=Modifications of the Single Lift Jacquard Machine=, 67 I.--Double Lift Single Cylinder Jacquard Machine, 67 II.--Double Lift Double Cylinder Jacquard Machine, 69 III.--Substitution of Tail-cords for Hooks, 71
=Tying-up of Jacquard Harness for Two-ply Ingrain Carpet=, 72 General Description of the Construction of the Fabric, 72 Straight-through Tie-up for Ingrain Carpet, 74 Point Tie-up for Ingrain Carpet, 78
=Preparing and Stamping of Jacquard Cards=, 85 Dobby Card Punching Machines, 86 Piano Card Stamping Machines, 86 Stamping of Cards, 91 Repeating Jacquard Cards by the Positive Action Repeater, 92