Book excerpt: Excerpt from Elastic and Non-Elastic Narrow Fabrics: And a Chapter on Narrow Fabrics Made on Knitting Machines A popular machine for light fancy warp figures is the overhead dobby shown at Fig. 2, which may be used as auxiliary either to the plain cam loom or the fancy head loom. It is placed on a well braced, rigid frame. And built as high as convenient so as to reduce the angle Of the harness strings. It is driven directly from a two to one shaft, which may be either. Under neath the loom or at the end, and is connected with a threaded adjustable rod, which is attached to a slotted lever and can be adjusted to govern the depth Of the dobby shed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.