The weaver and housewife's pocket-book : containing rules for the right making of linen cloth : wherein is shown, what should be the weight of each hank of yarn, that is fit for any hundred of the reed, and likewise, the number of right telled yarn, in spinels, slips, and cuts, that will be sufficient to make any number of ells, from 1 to 60, in a 6 to 25 hundred inclusive : with several useful tables of Dutch weight, and the measure of the Dutch reeds on the Scots ell : to which is subjoined, a distinct receipt for boiling of yarn after the Dutch method : all necessary for the improvement of the linen trade / by David Ramsay.

Author/creator Ramsay, David
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Publication InfoEdinburgh : Printed for the author, 1750.
Descriptionvi, 7-43 pages ; 4to.
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General noteReproduction of original from Goldsmiths' Library, University of London.
General noteGoldsmiths'-Kress no. 08503.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements.
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