I. Plain, or cotton weave, and fancy figuring through color arrangements in warp and filling, for light-weight fabrics.
II. Twill weaves--_a_, one-sided twills; _b_, even-sided twills; and fancy figuring with same through color arrangements in warp and filling.
III. Satin weaves--_a_, single satins; _b_, double satins; _c_, figuring in single satins.
Lectures, with practical examples and rules observed.
Basket, rib, and granite weaves; steep, curved, broken, skip, corkscrew, and fancy twills; pointed twills and honeycomb weaves; pique weaves, and combinations of miscellaneous weaves.
Standard sizes of cotton wool and worsted yarns, with calculations.
Picking out samples of textile fabrics constructed on single weaves, with methods and rules employed in duplication.
Original weaves for single cloth; complete orders for manufacturing.
Instrumental drawing in elementary exercises, with instruments; construction of plane figures; line shading, etc.
Freehand drawing; enlargement and reduction of designs; analysis of plants for the purpose of design for textile fabrics.
Work in color; lectures on color harmony.
The power-looms analyzed and explained, and practical weaving and fixing; _a_, the Thos. Wood roller loom, for ginghams, shirtings, cottonades, dress goods, etc.; _b_, the Crompton loom, and _c_, the Knowles loom, for worsted and woolen fabrics of every description; single and double beam work.
Double Cloths--Study of the best methods of combining different weaves, as: Designs backed with weft; designs backed with warp; designs backed with warp and weft; designs for double cloth, double faced.
Calculation: ascertaining the cost, production, etc., of the different fabrics.
Analyses of single cloth (fancy), and double cloth fabrics, and reproduction with various changes, as requested.
The Jacquard Machine Analyzed and Explained; principles of construction and method of operation of the single lift machine; the various modifications, such as double lift single cylinder, double lift double cylinder; “laying out” of comber-boards, and figuring for various changes in texture; tying-up of harness for single cloth.
The Bridesburg Clipper Loom analyzed and explained, and practical work on it, with special reference to its use in connection with the double lift double cylinder Jacquard machine for damask table-covers, etc.