Those engaged in the designing of dress, mantle tapestry, carpet
and other ornamental textiles will find this volume a useful work
of reference."--_Leeds Mercury._

"The book is to be commended as a model manual, appearing at an
opportune time, since every day is making known a growing desire
for development in British industrial art."--_Dundee Advertiser._

"Designers especially, who desire to make progress in their
calling, will do well to take the hints thrown out in the first
four chapters on 'Designing Ornamental Textile Fabrics'."--_Nottingham
Daily Guardian._

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=POWER-LOOM WEAVING AND YARN NUMBERING.= According to Various Systems,
with Conversion Tables. An Auxiliary and Text-book for Pupils of Weaving
Schools, as well as for Self-Instruction and for General Use by those
engaged in the Weaving Industry. Translated from the German of ANTHON
GRUNER. =With Twenty-six Diagrams in Colours.= 150 pp. 1900. Crown 8vo.
Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s. 6d.;
strictly net.

=Contents.=

I., =Power-Loom Weaving in General.= Various Systems of Looms.--II.,
=Mounting and Starting the Power-Loom.= English Looms.--Tappet or
Treadle Looms.--Dobbies.--III., =General Remarks on the Numbering,
Reeling and Packing-of Yarn.=--=Appendix.=--=Useful Hints.= Calculating
Warps.--Weft Calculations.--Calculations of Cost Price in Hanks.

=Press Opinions.=

"A long-felt want in the weaving industry has been supplied by the
issue of a cheap volume dealing with the subject."--_Belfast Evening
Telegraph._

"The work has been clearly translated from the German and published
with suitable illustrations.... The author has dealt very
practically with the subject."--_Bradford Daily Telegraph._

"The book, which contains a number of useful coloured diagrams,
should prove invaluable to the student, and its handy form will
enable it to become a companion more than some cumbrous work."
--_Cotton Factory Times._

"The book has been prepared with great care, and is most usefully
illustrated. It is a capital text-book for use in the weaving
schools or for self-instruction, while all engaged in the weaving
industry will find its suggestions helpful."--_Northern Daily
Telegraph._

"The various systems are treated in a careful manner; also the
differ