Christopher Parkinson Brooks

[1] Alderman Baynes’ Lectures, 1857, at Blackburn.

[2] In addition to the references given in the text, each article is shown on Plate V.

[3] The term tappet shaft is used here in the sense understood in North Lancashire—i.e., the shaft driven from the crank-shaft and carrying the picking plates and tappets if plain.

[4] In this Chapter, where reed and pick is given, it must be understood as referring to a quarter of an inch, unless otherwise specified. Thus—12 × 10 means 12 ends and 10 picks in a quarter of an inch, or 48 ends and 40 picks per inch.

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