A one-page introductory entry on cotton from the Arts and Sciences division of the English Cyclopaedia. It refers readers to the Natural History division for the botany of Gossypium and the cotton species, then outlines the plan for treating the British cotton manufacture and its spread to other countries. Three articles are announced: Cotton Cultivation and Supply, Cotton Manufacture, and Cotton Trade and Consumption. Only this introduction is present, with no technical detail on machines or processes.