"Heddle" Quotes from Famous Books
... cry the "N'-York Heddle," instead of "Herald"; I remember that years ago in Philadelphia; we must be getting near the farther end of the dumb-bell suburb. A bridge has been swept away by a rise of the waters, so we must approach ... — Pages From an Old Volume of Life - A Collection Of Essays • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
... to weaving silk by hand. A loom built on this principle was shown at work weaving silk at the Paris Exhibition of 1878. This apparatus, represented in the annexed figure, contains some arrangements which are new and interesting. On each side of the woof in the heddle there is a carrier, B. These carriers are provided with hooks, A A', having appendages, a a', which are fitted in the shuttle, O. The latter is of peculiar construction. The upper ends of the hooks have fingers, d d', which holds the shuttle in position as long as the action of the springs, ... — Scientific American Supplement, No. 286 - June 25, 1881 • Various |