Useful Tables for Woollen Manufacturers, Woollen Yarn Spinners, Mill Managers, and Heads of Department
by McKay, J B
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Innerleithen, Scottish Borders, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$106.48
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About This Item
Galashiels, Scotland: John McQeen. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1880. Cloth. Some minor rubbing to corners and edges. Darkening to outside of text block. Internally clean, tight & bright with no marks or inscriptions. Fold out tables. Adverts to rear (mostly centred around Galashiels) book subtitled: Embracing tables giving yarn required for warp and weft of pieces from 20 to 60 ells. Table showing width in loom of various porters set in different reeds. Table of weights of yarn in grease. Tables for gristing yarns. Table for gisting twisted yarns. Table of comparative grists. Weavers shotting talble. Table for costing ranges. ; Hard Back; 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. .
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- Bookseller
- Last Century Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005373
- Title
- Useful Tables for Woollen Manufacturers, Woollen Yarn Spinners, Mill Managers, and Heads of Department
- Author
- McKay, J B
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John McQeen
- Place of Publication
- Galashiels, Scotland
- Date Published
- 1880
- Keywords
- Useful Tables For Woollen Manufacturers, Woollen Yarn Spinners, Mill Managers, And Heads Of Department.
- Bookseller catalogs
- SCOTLAND; Sewing, Textiles & Fashion;
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