Produced by Chris Curnow, Chris Jordan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) COTTON MANUFACTURING. [Illustration: SINGLE-ACTION JACQUARD LOOM. _Frontispiece._] 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. [_All rights reserved._] 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 goods is the motive which has led to the production of this work. Although several admirable books are extant on special branches of textile industry, few, if any, works claim to treat practically of the whole range of processes popularly known as Cotton _Manufacturing_ as at present conducted, and which, at the same time, are within reach of the artisan’s pocket. This class of work is all the more requisite in consequence of the admirable system of trade education introduced by the City and Guilds of London Institute, whose syllabuses for the subjects of Cotton Manufacturing and Weaving and Pattern Designing are included in this work. It is hoped that the student in either of these subjects may find a handy book of reference in this volume, which goes into explanatory details to as great an extent as space allows. However, as the author has found, and doubtless many others actively engaged in the industry have discovered, it is becoming a requisite in the mill that those employed there be possessed of something more than “rule of thumb” systems of working--that careful and intelligent research and investigation is necessary to success in every department. The writer trusts that this volume, based on practical experience and on the application of theoretical principles in the industry, may prove of assistance to such.