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DIRECTOR OF THE TEXTILE AND ENGINEERING SCHOOL, BOLTON AND CO-AUTHOR OF ELEMENTS OF COTTON SPINNING
NEW YORK AND LONDON D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1912
COPYRIGHT, 1898, 1902, BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.
In collecting the facts which will be found in this Story of the Cotton plant, the author has of necessity had to consult many books. He is especially indebted to Baines' "History of the Cotton Manufacture," French's "Life and Times of Samuel Crompton," Lee's "Vegetable Lamb of Tartary," Report of the U. S. A. Agricultural Department on "The Cotton Plant," and The American Cotton Company's Booklet on the Cylindrical Bale.
Mr. Thornley, spinning master at the Technical School, Bolton, has from time to time offered very important suggestions during the progress of this little work. The author is also deeply indebted to the late Mr. Woods of the Technical School, Bolton, who was good enough to photograph most of the pictures which illustrate this book, and without which it would have been impossible to make the story clear.
For permission to reproduce Fig. 3, the thanks of the author are due to Messrs. Sampson Low and Co., for Fig. 4, to Messrs. Longmans, Green and Co. For Figs. 5, 8, 9, 13, and 36, to Messrs. Dobson and Barlow, Ltd., Bolton. For Fig. 7, viz., the Longitudinal and Transverse Microphotographs of Cotton Fibre, the author is much indebted to Mr. Christie of Mark Lane, London, who generously photographed them especially for this work. For Fig. 23, I am obliged to Mr. A. Perry, Bolton.
I. ORIGIN, GROWTH, AND CHIEF CULTIVATED SPECIES OF COTTON PLANT 9
III. CULTIVATION OF THE COTTON PLANT IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES 39
V. PLANTATION LIFE AND EARLY CLEANING PROCESSES 72
VI. MANIPULATION OF COTTON IN OPENING, SCUTCHING, CARDING, DRAWING, AND FLY-FRAME MACHINES 82
VII. EARLY ATTEMPTS AT SPINNING, AND EARLY INVENTORS 112
VIII. FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS--ARKWRIGHT AND CROMPTON 126
X. OTHER PROCESSES IN COTTON SPINNING 160
1. A Cotton Field in Texas _Frontispiece_
6. Microscope in position for drawing objects 65
7. Transverse and Longitudinal Sections of Cotton Fibre 67
10. Bales from various Cotton-growing countries 80