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» Calculations in Yarns and Fabrics - Instruction book about yarn preparation and characteristics, fabric manufacturing methods and constructions, and cost calculations in yarn spinning and textile fabric weaving, written in 1906 for students, teachers, yarn spinners, fabric manufacturers and textile merchants. Author: Fred Bradbury. [PDF]

» Fabric Analysis. Part I - First part of an illustrated book, published early 1900, with methods and procedures for analysing and testing of fibers and textile fabrics, and including descriptions of manufacturing technologies, and dictionaries of weaves and textile terms. Author: E.A. Posselt. [PDF]

» Fabric Analysis. Part II - Second part of an illustrated book, published early 1900, with methods and procedures for analysing and testing of fibers and textile fabrics, and including descriptions of manufacturing technologies, and dictionaries of weaves and textile terms. Author: E.A. Posselt. [PDF]

» Grammar of Textile Design. Part I - Textbook and reference for students and manufacturers analysing the fundamental principles of structural design in woven textiles, and their applications in the production of various types of cloth. Published in early 1900. Author: H. Nisbet. [PDF]

» Grammar of Textile Design. Part II - Textbook and reference for students and manufacturers analysing the fundamental principles of structural design in woven textiles, and their applications in the production of various types of cloth. Published in early 1900. Author: H. Nisbet. [PDF]

» Grammar of Textile Design. Part III - Textbook and reference for students and manufacturers analysing the fundamental principles of structural design in woven textiles, and their applications in the production of various types of cloth. Published in early 1900. Author: H. Nisbet. [PDF]

» Hand Weaving - Manual for beginning weavers on the 4-harness foot treadle loom, published in 1960 by Cedar Lakes Arts and Craft Center, West Virginia. [PDF]

» I.C.S. Reference Library: Cotton. Part 1 - Series of textbooks on textile fibers, machinery and manufacturing technologies, prepared and published in 1906 for the students of the International Correspondence Schools and containing in permanent form the instruction papers, examination questions and keys used in their various courses. Chapters on cotton fiber, cotton pickers and cards, and drawing rolls. [PDF]

» I.C.S. Reference Library: Cotton. Part 2 - Series of textbooks on textile fibers, machinery and manufacturing technologies, prepared and published in 1906 for the students of the International Correspondence Schools and containing in permanent form the instruction papers, examination questions and keys used in their various courses. Chapters on railway heads and drawing frames, combers and fly frames. [PDF]

» I.C.S. Reference Library: Wool. Part 1 - Series of textbooks on textile fibers, machinery and manufacturing technologies, prepared and published in 1906 for the students of the International Correspondence Schools and containing in permanent form the instruction papers, examination questions and keys used in their various courses. Chapters on wool fiber, and wool washing, drying, burring and carbonizing. [PDF]

» I.C.S. Reference Library: Wool. Part 2 - Series of textbooks on textile fibers, machinery and manufacturing technologies, prepared and published in 1906 for the students of the International Correspondence Schools and containing in permanent form the instruction papers, examination questions and keys used in their various courses. Chapters on wool burring and carbonizing (continued), opening and mixing, wool oils and oiling, and woollen carding. [PDF]

» I.C.S. Reference Library: Wool. Part 3 - Series of textbooks on textile fibers, machinery and manufacturing technologies, prepared and published in 1906 for the students of the International Correspondence Schools and containing in permanent form the instruction papers, examination questions and keys used in their various courses. Chapters on woollen carding (continued) and woollen yarn spinning. [PDF]

» I.C.S. Reference Library: Wool. Part 4 - Series of textbooks on textile fibers, machinery and manufacturing technologies, prepared and published in 1906 for the students of the International Correspondence Schools and containing in permanent form the instruction papers, examination questions and keys used in their various courses. Chapters on animal and vegetable fibers, wool, wool sorting and types, and wool scouring, drying, burr picking, carbonizing, mixing, lubrication of wool, and woollen carding. [PDF]

» I.C.S. Reference Library: Wool. Part 5 - Series of textbooks on textile fibers, machinery and manufacturing technologies, prepared and published in 1906 for the students of the International Correspondence Schools and containing in permanent form the instruction papers, examination questions and keys used in their various courses. Chapters on woollen yarn spinning and spinning frames, and woollen and worsted warp preparation. [PDF]

» I.C.S. Reference Library: Yarns. Part 1 - Series of textbooks on yarns and yarn processing, cloth rooms and mill engineering, prepared and published in 1906 for the students of the International Correspondence Schools and containing in permanent form the instruction papers, examination questions and keys used in their various courses. Chapters on yarns from vegetable, animal, stem and mineral fibers, yarn classification and types, cloth room processes and machinery, and the technical, economic and engineering aspects of building a textile mill. [PDF]

» I.C.S. Reference Library: Yarns. Part 2 - Series of textbooks on yarns and yarn processing, cloth rooms and mill engineering, prepared and published in 1906 for the students of the International Correspondence Schools and containing in permanent form the instruction papers, examination questions and keys used in their various courses. Chapters on the construction of a yarn spinning mill, yarn reeling and baling, and yarn winding. [PDF]

» Kinks on Worsted Combing, Drawing and Spinning - Reference book about worsted combing, drawing and yarn spinning, compiled from the questions and answers department of the Textile World Record. Published in 1911. Edited by Clarence Hutton. [PDF]

» Old Lace Manual - Guide book and glossary to the many types of hand made lace developed since Medieval times. Privately published in 1910. [PDF]

» The Queen Lace Book - Historical and descriptive account of hand made antique laces from all countries from medieval times to the present, published in 1874 by The Queen Office. [PDF]

» The Shuttle Craft Course in Hand Weaving - Monograph containing lessons on the technology of the hand weaving looms, loom preparation, weaving materials and patterns, including hand drawn pattern diagrams. Published by The Shuttle Craft Company in 1923. Author: Mary M. Atwater. [PDF]

» Technology of Textile Design. Part I - Practical treatise on the construction and application of weaves for all textile fabrics with minute reference to the latest inventions for weaving, including analysis and calculations necessary for the manufacture of various textile fabrics. Published in 1888. Author: E. A. Posselt. [PDF]

» Technology of Textile Design. Part II - Practical treatise on the construction and application of weaves for all textile fabrics with minute reference to the latest inventions for weaving, including analysis and calculations necessary for the manufacture of various textile fabrics. Published in 1888. Author: E. A. Posselt. [PDF]

» Technology of Textile Design. Part III - Practical treatise on the construction and application of weaves for all textile fabrics with minute reference to the latest inventions for weaving, including analysis and calculations necessary for the manufacture of various textile fabrics. Published in 1888. Author: E. A. Posselt. [PDF]

» Textile Calculations - Guide to calculations relating to the construction of yarns and fabrics, including methods for the analysis of cloth. Published early 1900. Author: E.A. Posselt. [PDF]

» Textiles. Part I - Compilation of studies on mercerised and artificial fibers and the dyeing of textile materials, silk throwing and spinning, and the cotton and linen industries. Published in 1910. Editor: A.F. Barker. [PDF]

» Textiles. Part II - Compilation of studies on mercerised and artificial fibers and the dyeing of textile materials, silk throwing and spinning, and the cotton and linen industries. Published in 1910. Editor: A.F. Barker. [PDF]

» A Treatise on Textile Calculations and the Structure of Fabrics - Instruction book for calculations on yarn counts and fabric costs, and the structures and weights of textile fabrics. First published in 1884. Author: T.R. Ashenhurst. [PDF]

» Warp and Weft. Part 1 - Series of articles, reprinted from Wool Knowledge and published by the British Wool Marketing Board in 1967, about wool processing and wool textile manufacturing. Articles about wool scouring, carding and combing, and the spinning of woollen yarns. [PDF]

» Warp and Weft. Part 2 - Series of articles, reprinted from Wool Knowledge and published by the British Wool Marketing Board in 1967, about wool processing and wool textile manufacturing. Articles about worsted yarn spinning. [PDF]

» Warp and Weft. Part 3 - Series of articles, reprinted from Wool Knowledge and published by the British Wool Marketing Board in 1967, about wool processing and wool textile manufacturing. Articles about power loom weaving of woollen and worsted fabrics, the teasels of Sommerset, color and wool, the Welsh woollen textile industry, and the wool cottage industry in India. [PDF]

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