A PRIMITIVE WEAVING} FRAME. 



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(tio-. L(>). It consists of t'U'\cMi strii)s oi' hoaldsof wuliuit wood oj iiiclics 

 long, one-fourth inc-li wide, and onc-twolfth inch thick, each perfo- 

 rate.! in the niiddh> for a warp filament. These slats are set into 

 grooves in a rectangular frame (5^ inches long- and 5^^^ inches Avide; 

 the frame itself is three-fourths inch wide and five-sixteenths incli 

 thick. It accommodates twenty-three wai-p filaments and belongs U) 

 the second class of heddles before mentioned, in which the heddle 







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Figs. 8 and 9. 



HKDDLES FROM STKTTIN, NORTH GERMANY. 



In Museum of tlie Society for Pomeraniaii Auticiuities. 



is stationary and the weaver raises and lowers the inner end of the 

 warp. This specimen is set up, with considerable mechanical accom- 

 paniment, on one end of a box that is 7f inches long and 5i inches 

 wide. On the other end is an upright frame in which works a 

 revolving j^arn beam, a feature copied from the ordinary hand loom. 



There is also in the U. S. National Museum a facsimile of this 

 ■example, from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the center of the Teutonic 

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