Improved Cotton-Packer
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A short 1860 Scientific American article describing Lewis S. Chichester's patented machine for packing Sea Island cotton into round bags. It explains the former hand method of packing with a worker inside the bag, then the iron cylinder, rack-and-pinion plunger and hoop clamp of the new press, which fills a bag in about an hour. An engraving shows the machine, and the article gives patent and licensing details.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- March 3, 1860
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
- Archive notes
- Reduced to 85% to fit on page
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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