[Cotton manufacture entries from Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary]
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A two-page set of dictionary entries on cotton and cotton manufacture, excerpted from Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary. Entries cover machines and processes such as the speeder, spooling machine, stretching frame, mule, willy, opener, cotton gin wheel, and calico reserve-style printing. Also included are definitions of yarn measures (lay, lea), cotton paper, cotton thread and wadding, with brief historical notes on Arkwright and the self-acting mule.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1876
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
- Archive notes
- Collected short articles
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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