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by the power-loom, called metitr mecanique a tisser in French. Fig. 2107, represents 

 the cast-iron power-loom of Sharp and Roberts. A, A', are the two side tiprights, 

 or standards, on the front of the loom, D, is the great arch of cast iron which binds 

 the two sides together. E, is the front cross-beam, terminating in the forks e, e ; whose 



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ends are bolted to the opposite standards A, A', so as to bind the framework most firmly 

 together, o', is the breast beam of wood, nearly square ; its upper surface is sloped 

 a little towards the front, and its edge rounded off for the web to slide smoothly over 

 it in its progress to the cloth beam. The beam is supported at its end upon brackets, 

 and is secured by the bolts g', g\ it, is the cloth beam, a wooden cylinder mounted 



