Floats, 81 Flour, 34 Flour, testing, 34 Fork and grid motion, 68 Friction--sizing, 43 Fustian, 102 G Gaiting warps, 72 Gauze, 111 Gingham, 134 Goods made--1800-1860, 8 Goods made--present time, 83 Grist, 143 Ground for jacquard patterns, 109, 129 H Handkerchiefs, 115, 134 Handkerchief loom, 116 Hands of looms, 71 Hank, 143 Hank, winding from, 25 Haslingden trade, 12 Headings, 82 Headles, 51 Heald counts, 148 Heald motions, 79 Healds, 51 Heck box, 30 Heddles, 51 Heddling, 94 History of trade, 3 Honeycomb, 95, 131 Hooking, 80 Horse-power, 158 Hydrometer, 38 I ILLUSTRATIONS:-- Beam gearing, slasher, plan, 42 " " section, 43 Blackburn dobby, 107 Bradford loom, 59 Centre tie, 126 Chain links, _Diggle’s_ motion, 137 Constitution cord, 102 Cotton fibre, 15 " section, 15 Design, 92, 96, 98, 101 and 102 Dhootie marker, 47 _Diggle’s_ chain drop box, 136 Dobbies, 104, 107 Dobby pegging, 106, 108 Dobby lattice, 106 Double-action jacquard, Single cylinder, 123 Ditto, double cylinder, 124 Doup healds, 113 Drafts, 92, 94, 95 Eccentricity of slay, 62 Fast reed loom, 64 Figured gauze, 115 Four-leaf twill, 2 Gauze, 112 Handkerchief loom, 116 Healds, 50 Heald motions, 56 Imperfect cotton fibre, 15 " section, 15 Jacquard loom, single action, _Frontispiece_ Jacquard loom, single action, section, 119 Jacquard loom, double action, 123 Jacquard loom, double action, double cylinder, 124 Keighley dobby, 104 Lay-over tie, 126 Leno, 112 Lifting plan, 92, 97 Looms, 53, 59 London tie, 125 Metallic healds, 50 Needles, 122 Netting, 114, 115 Parts of loom, 56 Pegging for dobby, 106, 108 Perfect cotton fibre, 15 Piano card-cutting machine, 128 Plain cloth, 91 Plain loom, 53 Plain loom in parts, 56 Plain tappets, 75 Plates, _Wright Shaw’s_ loom, 140 Point paper, 90 Plan of cloth, 91 Plan of shed--Plate I., 19 Presser, slasher, plan, 45 " section, 45 Reed, 50 Sateen, 98 Sectional warping--Plate III., 29 Seed and fibre, 15 Shuttle box and frog, 64 Slasher sizing machine, 40 Slow motion, 46 _Smalley’s_ motion, 99 Stop motion, warping, plan, 27 " " section, 27 Straight tie, 125 Take-up motion, 26 Tappet plates, 75 Ties, 125, 126 Traverse motion, winding frame, 23 Velveteen, 101 Warping, falling rods, 24 " stop motion, 27 Weft stop motion, 68 Winding frame, 22 _Wright Shaw’s_ drop box, 138 Indian cotton, 16 Ingredients, size, 34 Introduction, 1 Inventions, 3 Ireland, cotton trade of, 14 J Jacconetts, 86 Jacquard, 119 Capacity, 118 Cards, 120, 127 Cloth, 129 Weaving, 127 K Keighley dobby, 104 L