Bruno, Leonard C.; Olendorf, Donna (1997). Science and technology firsts. Gale Research. стр. 2. ISBN9780787602567. „4400 B.C. Earliest evidence of the use of a horizontal loom is its depiction on a pottery dish found in Egypt and dated to this time. These first true frame looms are equipped with foot pedals to lift the warp threads, leaving the weaver's hands free to pass and beat the weft thread.”
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Davidovits, Paul (2008). „Chapter 1”. Physics in Biology and Medicine (3rd изд.). Academic Press. стр. 10. ISBN978-0-12-369411-9. Архивирано из оригинала 2014-01-03. г. Приступљено 2016-02-23.