OXFORD TECHNICAL MANUALS YARN COUNTS AND CALCULATIONS By THOMAS WOODHOUSE esos arte Wan: LONDON HENRY FROWDE AND HODDER & STOUGHTON THE LANCET BUILDING 1 & 2 BEDFORD STREET, STRAND, W.C.2Bin print Prine in Great Britain by Re & R. Coane, Loe, RainnPREFACE Owe of the first essential or desirable requirements in the preparation and spinning of yarn, as well asin the subsequent operations of cloth structure and weaving, is an adequate knowledge of the subject of Yar Counts and of Calculations relating thereto, In the absence of any simplified group of calcula- tions for the principle of counting in regard to Raw Silk, Spun Silk, Artificial Silk, Cotton, Woollen, Worsted, Linen, Hemp and Jute, or even of some unification of counting yams from the same fibre in every district, it is a distinct advantage to be con- ‘versant with » multiplicity of systems. The present treatise, which appeared originally in serial form in the Teatile Manufacturer under the nom de plume “'Taxatnsa,” gives consideration to all the above-mentioned fibres, and to yams made from them, by an elucidation of twenty-two different systems of counting yams as practised in the various