Cotton
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An encyclopedia article on cotton from Zell's Encyclopedia (1876). It covers the botany of the cotton plant (Gossypium species and varieties), US cotton production statistics from 1830 to 1868, cultivation, picking, ginning and plant diseases such as rust. It also gives a history of cotton manufacture, from its origins in India to the inventions of Hargreaves, Arkwright, Cartwright and Whitney, and the mill process from mixing to roving.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1876
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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