LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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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 99
17. Drawing Frame, showing eight slivers entering, and one leaving the machine 103
18. Intermediate Frame (Bobbin and Fly Frame) 108
19. Twist put in Cotton by the hand 115
20. Jersey spinning wheel 117
21. Hargreaves' Spinning Jenny 124
22. Arkwright's Machine 130
23. "The Hall ith Wood" 136
24. Crompton's Spinning Mule 141
25. Portrait of Samuel Crompton 145
26. Mule Head showing Quadrant 148
27. Mules showing "Stretch" of Cotton yarn 150
28. Mule showing action of Faller Wires 154
29. Mule Head showing Copping Rail 159
30. Ring Spinning Frame 161
31. Combing Machine 170
32. Sliver Lap Machine 173
33. Ribbon Lap Machine 175
34. Reeling Machine 179
35. Bundling Machine 180
36. Quick Traverse Winding Frame 182
37. Ring Doubling Machine 184
38. Engine House, showing driving to various storeys 186

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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