Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Clark's Weave Room Calculations: A Practical Treatise of Cotton Yarn and Cloth Calculations for the Weave Room, Especially Applicable to Southern Mills
A description of a cloth involves stating the weave, the width, the ends per inch, the picks per inch, the warp yarn, the filling yarn, and the weight. For instance a full description of the cloth that is most typical of the American cotton industry today would be: A 38% inch, 64 x 60.
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