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Show 4 OLD~PAPERMAKIN as a weaver. Thus, if we consider the cross (chain wires as the warp and laid wires as the weft, w shall be convinced that these two are interlaced i the same manner as cloth, with thesmgle difference that the meshes o the warp measure nea twenty-seven millime tres (1.06 inches) apart "When he has fille the whole bottom of th mould, the cloth is tie to the ribs with extr fine wire, by passing i through the holes bore at the edges of the rib from eighteen to twentyseven millimetres (fro 0.67t01.06 inches) apar wrappin the roun and aboye the laid wir o at this place "He then fastens the edges of the wire cloth t the stock with very thin and narrow brass strips which he nails upon the frame with small nails These strips serve not only to secure the free end of the laid and cross wires, but also to retain th pins which hold the cross wires at their extremities, and strengthen the joining of the corners o the moulds Digital image© 2004 Mariot Libary, Universty o Uta. Al right reserved |