| 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 |
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