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Definition of Jacquards
1. jacquard [n] - See also: jacquard
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jacquards
Literary usage of Jacquards
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1906)
"... jacquards §63 in the manner usually employed. This illustration gives the
appearance of the jacquard machine and loom together when in operation. ..."
2. The Mechanism of Weaving by Thomas William Fox (1894)
"CENTRE-SHED jacquards It has been previously mentioned that all ... DOUBLE LIFT,
SINGLE CYLINDER Double lift jacquards possess several advantages over ..."
3. Jacquard Weaving and Designing by T. F. Bell (1895)
"CHAPTER VI SPECIAL jacquards AND HARNESSES ... jacquards A DIFFICULTY has always
existed in working cross borders on handkerchiefs, cloths, &c., ..."
4. Textile design and colour by William Watson (1912)
"The machines may be classified as : (a) Ordinary jacquards, of which there are
five principal types—viz., single-lift; centre-shed; double-lift, ..."
5. Fibre & Fabric: A Record of American Textile Industries in the Cotton and ...Textile (1888)
"Has been 14 years designer in Austria, and has worked on wool, and worsteds, on
jacquards. .... jacquards ..."
6. Reports of Patent Cases: Decided in the Circuit Courts of the United States by United States Circuit Courts, Hubert Ashley Banning, Henry Arden (1881)
"It is also insisted, that the defendants must prove that, at the date of Johnson's
description, a loom with two jacquards, suitable to produce the features ..."
7. Transactions of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers by National Association of Cotton Manufacturers, New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association (1896)
"When there are a large number of jacquards used in one mill they are run for less
cost ... I believe jacquards can be used to produce goods fully as cheap, ..."
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