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DICKSON ON THE 



order that persons, unacquainted with the first cost of the 

 article, may form a correct idea of the value hereafter, I shall 

 give the expense attending the manufacture of a few sets in the 

 brown state. The prices now, in 1858, I understand are 

 down 3d. per yard, and therefore linen is now very near as 

 cheap as cotton, although a linen shirt will outwear two cotton 

 shirts. 



CALCULATION OF YAENS REQUIRED TO MAKE A STRONG 

 LINEN WEB EIFTY-TWO YARDS LONG. 



Quality 

 or set 



Quantity 

 of Hanks. 



Number 

 of Warp. 



Number 

 of Weft. 



Price of Yarns, Weaving, etc. 



900 



30 

 32 



22 



30 



£ s. d. 



At 4id\ per hank ... 11 4£ 

 4|d. do. ... 12 li 



Boiling 13 



Warping and Winding 10£ 

 Weaving 7 





62 







£1 12 7i 











62 hanks will make 52 yards linen, 

 at 7£d. per yard. 



14°° 



46f 

 48 



40 



60 



At 4±d. per hank ... 17 6 

 3fd. do. ... 15 



Boiling 1 11| 



Warping and Winding 12^ 

 Weaving 11 





94} 







£2 6 8 











94f hanks will make 52 yards linen, 

 at lOfd. per yard. 



20°° 



66| 

 68 



70 



95 



At 5£d. per hank ... 1 10 3 

 4±d. do. ... 14 1 



Boiling 2 9 



Warping and Winding 1 10 

 Weaving ... ... 1 





134f 







£3 18 11 











134§ hanks will make 52 yards linen, 

 at 6|d. per yard. 



As the above only shews the numbers required to make three 

 sets, or descriptions of 4-4 ths shirtings, I shall now add the 

 scale, by which all kinds, from 9 00 to 28 00 , can be made. 



