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  2. Warp-weighted loom - Wikipedia

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    Three heddle-rods for weaving twill. The warp-weighted loom is a simple and ancient form of loom in which the warp yarns hang freely from a bar, which is supported by upright poles which can be placed at a convenient slant against a wall. Bundles of warp threads are tied to hanging weights called loom weights which keep the threads taut.

  3. Loom - Wikipedia

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    This loom has a flying shuttle and automatically rolls up the woven cloth; it is not just controlled but powered by the pedals. A loom is a device used to weave cloth and tapestry. The basic purpose of any loom is to hold the warp threads under tension to facilitate the interweaving of the weft threads.

  4. Medieval weights and measures - Wikipedia

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    ligne – 1⁄12 pouce 2.2558 mm. pouce – Inch, 1⁄12 pied 27.070 mm. pied – Foot, varied through times, the Paris pied de roi is 324.84 mm. Used by Coulomb in manuscripts relating to the inverse square law of electrostatic repulsion. Isaac Newton used the "Paris foot" in his Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.

  5. Medieval English wool trade - Wikipedia

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    Medieval English wool trade. Sheep, shown here in the 1240s or the 1250s, became increasingly important to English agriculture. The medieval English wool trade was one of the most important factors in the medieval English economy. [1] The medievalist John Munro notes that " [n]o form of manufacturing had a greater impact upon the economy and ...

  6. Jarlshof - Wikipedia

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    Jarlshof (/ ˈjɑːrlzhɒf / YARLZ-hof) [1] is the best-known prehistoric archaeological site in Shetland, Scotland. It lies in Sumburgh, Mainland, Shetland and has been described as "one of the most remarkable archaeological sites ever excavated in the British Isles ". [2] It contains remains dating from 2500 BC up to the 17th century AD.

  7. List of methods of torture - Wikipedia

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    4 Medieval and early modern instruments of torture. ... In other versions, there were weights that would be placed on the victim's thighs or feet. In a special ...

  8. Spindle whorl - Wikipedia

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    Spindle whorl. A spindle whorl is a weighted object fitted to a spindle to help maintain the spindle's speed of rotation while spinning yarn. It typically takes the form of a disk or spherical object, sometimes whorled, normally positioned on the bottom of the spindle. The spinner spins the resulting weighted spindle up to speed, which the ...

  9. Heddle - Wikipedia

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    A heddle or heald is an integral part of a loom. Each thread in the warp passes through a heddle, [1] which is used to separate the warp threads for the passage of the weft. [1][2] The typical heddle is made of cord or wire and is suspended on a shaft of a loom. Each heddle has an eye in the center where the warp is threaded through. [3]