Abstract
ONE result of the application of the “beer money” to education is the increasing production of technical handbooks similar to that before us. Technical Instruction Committees found, very soon after their responsibilities were thrust upon them, that there were few competent teachers of technology, and that the literature of arts and crafts was very limited. Many books have been made for the purpose of supplying the need, some good and others of doubtful utility. The new conditions have been favourable to the development of technological books and teachers, and we must not complain if a few monstrosities occur in the case of each, for they are more than counterbalanced by many admirable examples on the other side. The book under review is one of these new guides to industries, and nothing but good can be said of it. It deals with a branch of weaving that has been almost ignored by previous writers. Much has been written on designing and fabric structure, but practically nothing on the mechanical processes of the weaving trade, though new machinery and new processes have been increasing ever since the power-loom supplanted the hand-loom. This gap is admirably filled by Mr. Fox's treatise. The leading types of weaving machinery are clearly described, and the numerous illustrations (256 in all) of machines, appliances, and constructions pertaining to the textile industry are most instructive. We have no hesitation in saying that Mr. Fox, who is the lecturer on textile fabrics at the excellent Municipal School at Manchester, has produced a practical handbook of great value.
The Mechanism of Weaving.
By T. W. Fox. Pp. 464. (London: Macmillan and Co., 1894.)
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The Mechanism of Weaving. Nature 51, 149 (1894). https://doi.org/10.1038/051149a0
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