The Story of the Cotton Plant
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THE LIBRARY OF USEFUL STORIES
THE STORY OF THE
COTTON PLANT
BY
FREDERICK WILKINSON, F. G. S.
WITH THIRTY-EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS
WITH THIRTY-EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1912
Copyright, 1898, 1902,
Copyright, 1898, 1902,
Printed in the United States of America
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
THE STORY OF THE COTTON PLANT.
CHAPTER I.
ORIGIN, GROWTH, AND CHIEF CULTIVATED SPECIES OF COTTON PLANT.
CHAPTER II.
COTTON-PLANT DISEASES AND PESTS.
CHAPTER III.
CULTIVATION OF THE COTTON PLANT IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.
CHAPTER IV.
THE MICROSCOPE AND COTTON FIBRE.
CHAPTER V.
PLANTATION LIFE AND THE EARLY CLEANING PROCESSES.
CHAPTER VI.
MANIPULATION OF COTTON IN OPENING, SCUTCHING, CARDING, DRAWING, AND FLY-FRAME MACHINES.
CHAPTER VII.
EARLY ATTEMPTS AT SPINNING, AND EARLY INVENTORS.
CHAPTER VIII.
FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS—ARKWRIGHT AND CROMPTON.
CHAPTER IX.
THE MODERN SPINNING MULE.
CHAPTER X.
OTHER PROCESSES IN COTTON SPINNING.
CHAPTER XI.
DESTINATION OF THE SPUN YARN.
INDEX.
THE END.
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