Cotton Manufacture in the International Exhibition
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An 1862 Illustrated London News article describing the cotton machinery shown at the International Exhibition in London, mainly the Platt Brothers of Oldham display. It follows cotton from ginning, opening, carding, lap-doubling, drawing, slubbing and roving through spinning on the self-acting mule, then covers sizing and the hand and power loom. It ends with short notes on cloth types such as calico, shirting, chintz, gingham and muslin. Engravings show the Platt machines and the stages of cotton from plant to yarn.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- August 9, 1862
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 3
- Archive notes
- Incomplete. Reduced to 75% to fit on page
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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