Very little has been written upon the Jacquard machine, and the fabrics
produced by it; and nothing at all has been heretofore published in
this country with regard to the machines and systems, as employed here.
Greatly assisted by the guidance, help and advice of Mr. T. C. Search,
President of the Philadelphia Textile Association, and Vice-President
and Chairman of the Committee of Instruction of the Pennsylvania Museum
and School of Industrial Art, the author gives here the results of his
practical experience on this subject, with a very detailed description
of the methods of procedure with the Jacquard and accompanying
machines, in the different branches of Textile Manufacture.
E. A. POSSELT.
_Philadelphia, Pa._, 1888.