The Jacquard Machine Analyzed and Explained / With an appendix on the preparation of jacquard cards, and practical hints to learners of jacquard designing

by E. A. Posselt

[Fig. XXII.] illustrates the method observed for combining heddle and harness-cords. a, the guide-board, to get the mails regular in height; b, the knot combining heddle and harness-cord. [See a in [Fig. XXI].] c, the mail. d, the lingo.

Fig. XXIII.

[Fig. XXIII.] illustrates the average position of the mail in a loom. a, breast-beam of the loom. c, the warp-beam or guide-beam over which the warp runs on its way towards the harness. b, the position of the heddle. d, the lingo.

The “Leasing” of the Harness.

Fig. XXIV.

This requires a clear conception of the rotation in which the different heddles are threaded, according to the tie-up employed. Two methods are in use: 1st. The heddle nearest the weaver is the first to be threaded, and the heddle of the same row in rear of the comber-board is the last. 2d. This principle reversed, thus arranging the leasing from rear to front.