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• The weaver's index : Or, A table shewing how much yarn it will take to warp and web. To which is subjoined, some caaming tables, and a table shewing when a spynle of yarn is so much English weight, how much yarn a pound either English or Scots is. Together with, the art of weaving, by the sliding rule
  by: Diston, D.
  Published: (1776)
• The weaver's index, or, A table shewing how much yarn it will take to warp any web : to which is subjoined, some caaming tables, and a table, shewing when a spynle of yarn is so much English weight, how much yarn a pound either English or Scots is
  Published: (1753)
• The weaver's pocket-companion : containing, twenty-two caaming (or sleying) tables; each for a different kind of work. And seventeen warping tables, shewing by inspection, how many porters and splits--- also how many hears, cutts and threads, are required to an ell of any breadth, from half-ell to six-quarters, and for any reed, from a three hundred and three porter, to a twenty hundred. Likewise a copious table, shewing how many ells of any kind from a three hundred and three porter, (advancing porter by porter) to a twenty hundred, may be made out of any quantity of yarn. With several other necessary articles belonging to the weaver trade. The whole being so clearly explained both by precepts and examples, that any person who understands the practical part of weaving, may easily acquire an accurate knowledge of manufacturing. By J. Wotherspoon and W. Stevenson, weavers in Glasgow
  by: Wotherspoon, J.
  Published: (1779)
• Tables of cotton yarn : grey, bleached, and dyed, by discount, to ninety per cent
  by: McFarlane, David
  Published: (1827)
• The weaver and housewife's pocket-book : containing rules for the right making of linen cloth. Wherein is shown, What should be the Weight of each Hank of Yarn, that is fit for any Hundred of the Reed; and likewise, the Number of right telled Yarn, in Spinels, Slips, and Cuts, that will be sufficient to make any Number of Ells, from 1 to 60, in a 6 to a 25 Hundred inclusive. With Several useful tables of Dutch weight, and the Measure of the Dutch Reeds on the Scots Ell. To which is subjoined, a distinct receipt for boiling of yarn after the Dutch method, All necessary for the Improvement of the Linen Trade. By David Ramsay Weaver in Dalkeith. Entred in Stationers Hall
  by: Ramsay, David
  Published: (1750)