Volume 1 of Andrew Ure's 1836 survey of the cotton industry. It opens with an introduction comparing cotton manufacture in foreign countries, drawn from his own visits to mills in France, Germany and elsewhere. Book I covers the handicraft origins of cotton manufacture, including India. Book II covers the botany, cultivation and trade of cotton, with the saw-gin and import and price tables. Book III covers the early factory system and the inventions of Hargreaves, Arkwright, Paul and others, followed by a view of a modern cotton factory. An appendix has trade statistics and factory employment tables, and Dr. Kay's 1835 report to the Poor Law Commissioners. The book has engraved illustrations of cotton plants, fibres, gins, spinning wheels, and spinning machines.

Type

Book

Date

1836

Language

English

Pages

461