Cotton Manufacture
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Article on cotton from Rees's Cyclopedia covering the cotton plant, its commercial varieties (North American, South American, West Indian, East Indian), prices, import statistics and duties, and the history of the cotton manufacture in Britain. It describes the processes of carding, roving, spinning (jenny, water frame, throstle, mule), warp sizing and dressing, weaving and the first attempts at power looms, plus employment and wage figures for England and Scotland. About 13 engraved plates illustrate calico printing, batting, devilling, carding, drawing, roving, spinning, reeling, doubling and twisting machines, and Strutt's mill at Belper.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1819
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 33
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