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Weaving

If the crank shaft of a
power loom makes 119.441 revo-
-lutions a minute .i.e so many
picks or threads what length
time must it work succes-
-sively to produce a piece of [cloth?]
29 yards long with 84 pick
or threads in 1 inch

29 yds long
37 in [h???d] / yd
-----
203
87
-----
1073
84 picks / in
-----
429 2 119.441) 90132.0 (754
8584
-----
90132 dividend

minuts / hour 60) 754.615
-----12.34

h m sec
Ans 12-34-36
.615
60 seconds/
-----
36,900

(Twist) (Warp) (Weft) [?]

Or

When the Warp and filling
are the same it may be worked
in one operation by [multipleing?]
the count of reed by the
pricks in 1 inch and the
length of the piece and
the inches width at the reed
for a dividend. Then
multiply the number
of hanks in 1 yard by the
number of yarn for
a divisior and the product
will be the answer