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ROPE DRIVE FOR A MILL SHAFT Frontispiece

PITMAN’S COMMON COMMODITIES AND INDUSTRIES

CORDAGE AND CORDAGE HEMP AND FIBRES

BY

T. WOODHOUSE

HEAD OF WEAVING AND DESIGNING DEPARTMENT, DUNDEE TECHNICAL COLLEGE AND SCHOOL OF ART;

FORMERLY MANAGER, MESSRS. WALTON AND CO., LINEN MANUFACTURERS, BLEACHERS AND FINISHERS, KNARESBOROUGH;

AUTHOR OF “THE FINISHING OF JUTE AND LINEN FABRICS”; “HEALDS AND REEDS FOR WEAVING, SETTS AND PORTERS”; JOINT AUTHOR OF “TEXTILE DESIGN: PURE AND APPLIED”; “JUTE AND LINEN WEAVING MECHANISM”; “CALCULATIONS AND STRUCTURE OF FABRICS”; “JUTE AND JUTE SPINNING,” ETC.

AND

P. KILGOUR

HEAD OF THE SPINNING DEPARTMENT, DUNDEE TECHNICAL COLLEGE AND SCHOOL OF ART;

FORMERLY MANAGER, BELFAST ROPE WORKS; JOINT AUTHOR “JUTE AND JUTE SPINNING,” ETC.

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