British Cotton
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A Household Words article (1853) on the British cotton industry and the "Flax Movement". It gives statistics on raw cotton imports, Lancashire manufacturing, and dependence on American slave-grown cotton, and compares them with the linen and flax trade. It then describes Chevalier Clausson's patented chemical process for "cottonising" flax at a model factory in Stepney, using soda and dilute sulphuric acid baths followed by bleaching. The article closes with uses of the product blended with wool or silk, and with the agricultural benefits of flax growing.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1853
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 4
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