Cotton
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An encyclopedia entry on cotton from Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, tracing the history of the plant and fiber from classical sources (Herodotus, Theophrastus, Pliny, Arrian) through pre-Columbian America, the Arab and Spanish spread of cultivation, and the growth of the English and American cotton industries. It gives statistics for British cotton manufacturing in 1851 and notes on cotton legislation in England. The entry ends with a long cross-reference list of terms for machinery and processes for cotton, flax, wool, hemp and silk, including spinning, carding, weaving and dyeing.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1876
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 4
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