Excerpt from Practical Cotton Calculations: A Treatise Relating to Cotton Yarn, Cloth Structure, Loom and Miscellaneous Cotton Mill Calculations There are several reasons why the author of this book has deemed its publication advisable. One reason has been the apparent want of a book dealing only with practical calculations. This has been borne in mind in the compilation of this book. The principal object has been to put into a convenient form for reference a textbook of practical cotton yarn, cloth and general mill calculations. Being the only book on the market, so far as the author is aware, dealing only with practical cotton calculations, it is submitted to all persons, from student to superintendent, who have occasion to deal with cotton mill calculations. Most of the rules and methods explained in the following pages are deducted from data gathered from practical experience and have never been printed before. The remainder, with the exception of the yarn numbering and cloth production tables, are common property, and may be found in almost every book on textile calculations. These are principally length and weight calculations, where take-up or contraction is not considered. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.