History of a Cotton Gown -- No. 1
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First part of a series in The Penny Magazine tracing how raw cotton becomes a cotton gown. It covers the cotton's arrival at Liverpool and Manchester, then sorting, picking, scutching, willowing, batting and blowing, carding, the drawing-frame and roving. Wood engravings show cotton picking, a willowing machine, cards and a drawing-frame. The spinning stage is left to the next installment.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- January 4, 1840
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 3
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