k. For Fig. 23, I am obliged to Mr. A. Perry,
Bolton.

FRED WILKINSON.

TEXTILE AND ENGINEERING SCHOOL,
BOLTON.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. ORIGIN, GROWTH, AND CHIEF CULTIVATED SPECIES OF COTTON PLANT 9

II. COTTON-PLANT DISEASES AND PESTS 34

III. CULTIVATION OF THE COTTON PLANT IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES 39

IV. THE MICROSCOPE AND COTTON FIBRE 64

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

IX. THE MODERN SPINNING MULE 146

X. OTHER PROCESSES IN COTTON SPINNING 160

XI. DESTINATION OF THE SPUN YARN 176

INDEX 189

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

FIGURE PAGE

1. A Cotton Field in Texas _Frontispiece_

2. Bobbins of Cotton Thread 10

3. The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary 13

4. Gossypium Barbadense 24

5. An Indian Cotton field 53

6. Microscope in position for drawing objects 65

7. Transverse and Longitudinal Sections of Cotton Fibre 67

8. Indian women with Roller gin 75

9. Self-acting Macarthy Cotton gin 78

10. Bales from various Cotton-growing countries 80

11. Cylindrical Rolls of Cotton 81

12. Bale Breaker or Puller 87

13. Double opener with Hopper Feed 89

14. Scutching Machine with lap at the back 92

15. Two views of the Carding Engine 95

16. Lap, Web, and Sliver of Cotton