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Consumption of Cotton in Europe
Consumption of Cotton in Europe
Article · 1 page
A short 1859 journal article presenting statistics on cotton consumption in Europe from 1850 to 1857, with some 1858 figures for the United Kingdom. Tables give weekly consumption for the United Kingdom and the Continent, country-by-country figures for France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Trieste, Spain, Russia and others, and total annual consumption compared with U.S. exports. It closes by comparing the growth of cotton supply from British India with that from the United States.
Cotton of Central Asia
Cotton of Central Asia
Article · 2 pages
A short 1875 communication to the American Geographical Society on the role of Central Asian cotton in Russian manufacturing. It gives 1868 figures for Russian cotton manufactures and their consumption, and the share imported from Central Asia, Persia, America and India. It then discusses the imperfections of Central Asian cotton (short fibre, poor cleaning) and how better seed, gins and presses might let it replace East Indian cotton.

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