ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Author desires to acknowledge his indebtedness to:-

J. A. Beachell, Esq. D. E. Boyes, Esq.

J. Chamberlain, Esq., F.T.I.

J. C. H. Hurd, Esq., F.T.I.

C. D. Lowe, Esq. G. Wilders, Esq.

who have generously assisted in their help, comments and criticisms, also he expresses thanks and appreciation to the following firms:-

I. L. Berridge & Co., Ltd., Leicester.

Geo. Blackburn & Sons Ltd., Nottingham.

British Bemberg Ltd., Doncaster.

British Nylon Spinners Ltd., Coventry.

British Schuster Co., Ltd., Leicester.

Wm. Cotton Ltd., Loughborough.

E. 1. Du Pont de Nemours Co., U.S.A.

G. H. Heath & Co., Ltd., Macclesfield.

Mellor Bromley & Co., Ltd., Leicester.

Samuel Pegg & Son, Leicester.

Proctor Schwartz Inc., Philadelphia, U.S.A.

Scholler Bros., Inc., Philadelphia, U.S.A.

Scott and Williams, Inc., New York, U.S.A.

Singer Sewing Machine Co., Ltd., Leicester.

G. Stibbe & Co., Ltd., Leicester.

Textile Machine Works, Reading, P.A., U.S.A.

The National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers,
    New York, U.S.A.

The National Hosiery Manufacturers’ Federation,
    Leicester.

Thanks are also due to those Companies who have worked for the future welfare of the industry and of those it serves, but whose contributions to this book are not specifically acknowledged elsewhere.

READING LIST

“British Manufacturing Industries”
(Felkin), Edward Warford, 1877.

“The Story of Hosiery”
May Hosiery Mills, U.S.A., 1931.

“A Mile of Silk inspected inch by inch.”
Berkshire Knitting Mills, U.S.A., 1935.

“History of England”
Harrison.

“Technology of Framework Knitting”
Prof. Gustav Wilkomm.

“Knitting Mathematics and Mechanisms (1933)”
John Chamberlain, F.T.I.

“Yarns and Fabrics (1926)”
John Chamberlain, F.T.I.

“Manufacture of Knitted Footwear (1930)”
John Chamberlain, F.T.I.

“Standards of Construction and Inspection for Ladies’
              Full-Fashioned Hosiery (1935)”
The National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers
468 Fourth Avenue, New York City.

“Another Ten Years’ Progress, 1923-1933”
Karl Lieberknecht, Oberlungwitz.

“Full-Fashioned Knitting Machines”
Textile Machine Works, Reading, P.A., U.S.A.

 Hosiery and Underwear Review, 1939-46.