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A practical manual surveys the full range of processes that turn cotton yarn into woven fabric, combining historical overview and industry statistics with step-by-step treatments of winding, warping, sizing, and loom operation. It explains plain and figured weaving, fancy motions such as tappets, dobby and Jacquard, and specialised mechanisms like drop boxes, and describes cloth varieties and dimensions. A dedicated chapter gives mill calculations — yarn counts, reeds and healds, lengths, costs, wages and machine speeds — while appendices include a technical syllabus and glossary. The text emphasizes applied principles and workplace practice, illustrated to aid students and mill workers seeking a concise technical reference.
[1] Alderman Baynes’ Lectures, 1857, at Blackburn.
[3] The term tappet shaft is used here in the sense understood in North Lancashire—i.e., the shaft driven from the crank-shaft and carrying the picking plates and tappets if plain.
[4] In this Chapter, where reed and pick is given, it must be understood as referring to a quarter of an inch, unless otherwise specified. Thus—12 × 10 means 12 ends and 10 picks in a quarter of an inch, or 48 ends and 40 picks per inch.