In the last illustration (Fig. 38) is shown one of the latest engines built for special work such as is required in a cotton mill. The huge drum, on which rest the ropes and which can be clearly seen in the picture, is divided into grooves. A certain number of these is set apart for the special rooms. The strength of the rope is known and its transmitting power is also known. When the power required to drive say the first storey or second storey is calculated, it becomes an easy matter to distribute the ropes on the drum as required. This engine is now at work in the Bee-Hive Spinning Mill, Bolton.
A.
Abbasi Cotton, 62.
Alethia argillacea, 35.
Anthonomus grundis, 38.
Aphis gossypia, 38.
Arkwright, Richard, 102, 105, 113, 118, 123, 126, 160.
Ashmouni Cotton, 62.
Ataxia crypta, 38.
B.
Backing off, 152.
Bale Breaker, 83, 86.
Bales, cylindrical, 80;
varieties of, 80.
Baling, 76, 79.
Ballooning, 165.
Bamia Cotton, 62.
Bedding of cotton plants, 44.
Bobbin and Fly Frames, 84, 105.
Bobbins, 110.
Botany of cotton, 19.
Bourbon Cotton, 25.
Bran, cotton seed, 33.
Brazil, cultivation of cotton in, 47.
Breyn, 14.
Broach Cotton, 55.
Bundling, 178, 179.
C.
Cæra Cotton, 30.
Carding, 83, 93, 116, 131, 132, 143, 166.
Central America, cultivation of cotton in, 18.
Chemistry of cotton plant, 31.
China, cultivation of cotton in, 59.
Civil War, American, effect on production, 43, 57.
Climate, 21.
Cocæcia rosaceana, 38.
Columbus, voyages of, 17.
Combing, 85, 166.
Cone drums, 112.
Congo River as a cotton district, 63.
Cop, 151, 156.
Copping motion, 157.
Coral polyp, 11.
Corea, cultivation of cotton in, 59.
Cortes, Hernando, 18.
Cotton Boll-Caterpillar, 35, 37.
Cotton-Boll Weevil, 38.
Cotton Caterpillar, 35.
Cotton Cutworm, 38.
Cotton lice, 38.
Cotton Puller, 83, 86.
Crioulo Cotton, 29.
Crompton, Samuel, 113, 126, 134, 160.
Cultivation in various countries, 39.
D.
Dacca cotton, 28, 54.
Da Gama, Vasco, 18.
Deo Cotton, 28.
Differential motion, 111, 147.
Differential winding, 156.
Diseases of cotton plant, 34, 38.
Distaff, 115.
Doffer and comb, 98, 131.
Doubling machines, 163, 183.
Draining, 44.
Drawing, 84, 100, 104, 105, 132.
Drop-box, 137.
Dyeing, 17, 68.
E.
Egypt, production of cotton in, 15, 19, 61.
F.
Faller wires, 153.
Feltia malefida, 38.
Fertilisers, value of artificial, 43.
Fibres, strength of, 30.
Flyer, 110.
Flying shuttle, 120, 137.
Friction clutch, 153.
Fungi affecting cotton plant, 39.
G.
Gallini Cotton, 25, 62.
Gassing, 185.
Ginning, 74.
Gin, Macarthy, 77;
saw, 78.
Gossypium, 20;
Acuminatum, 29;
Arboreum, 27;
Barbadense, 23, 28;
Herbaceum, 25;
Hirsutum, 27;
Neglectum, 28;
Peruvianum, 29;
Religiosum, 27.
Greece, cultivation of cotton in, 63.
H.
Hall ith Wood, 135.
Hargreaves, James, 105, 113, 122, 127, 160.
Hauling, 45.
Heilman, Joshua, 167.
Heliothis armiger, 35, 37.
Herodotus, description of cotton, 15.
Highs, Thomas, 113, 123, 127.
Hingunghat Cotton, 52.
History, cotton plant in, 10.
Holdsworth, 111, 147.
I.
India, cultivation of cotton in, 15, 16, 39, 50.
Insects, injurious, 34.
J.
Japan, cultivation of cotton in, 59.
Java, cultivation of cotton in, 63.
K.
Kay, John, 113, 120, 127.
Kidney Cotton, 29.
Kircher of Avignon, 14.
L.
Lap, the, 83, 92, 93, 173, 175.
Leaf-roller, 38.
Lee, Henry, "Vegetable Lamb of Tartary," 12.
Levant Cotton, 63.
Liberia, cultivation of cotton in, 63.
Lint, 25.
Linting machines, 76.
M.
Macarthy gin, 77.
Mako Jumel cotton, 62.
Mallow, 20.
Mananams Cotton, 29.
Mandeville, Sir John, 13.
Maranhâo Cotton, 29.
Meal, cotton seed, 33.
Measurement of fibres, 68.
Mexico, cultivation of cotton in, 18, 48.
Microscopic examination of fibre, 64.
Mitafifi Cotton, 62.
Mixing, 83, 85.
Monsoons, 50.
Mule, the, 84;
Crompton's, 135;
self-actor, 131, 146.
Myths about cotton plant, 12.
N.
Nankeen Cotton, 26.
Nearchus, 16.
O.
Odoricus, 14.
Oil, cotton seed, 33.
Oomrawattee Cotton, 52.
Opening, 83, 88.
P.
Paul Lewis, 113, 121, 123, 132.
Pernan Cotton, 30.
Peru, cultivation of cotton in, 18, 49.
Picking cotton, 72.
Pizarro, 18, 49.
Plantation life, 72.
Press, cotton, 79.
Production, Brazil, 47;
China, 60;
Corea, 60;
Egypt, 19, 39, 61;
India, 39, 50;
Japan, 59;
Mexico, 48;
Peru, 49;
Russia in Asia, 57;
United States, 39, 40.
Q.
Quadrant, mule, 147, 156.
R.
Red Peruvian Cotton, 30.
Reeling, 178.
Ribbon Lap Machine, 85, 175.
Ring Spinning Frame, 84, 131, 160.
Roberts, Richard, 147.
"Rocking Day," 116.
Rollers, drawing, 121, 128.
Roots of cotton plant, 22;
medicinal use, 32.
Roving Frames, 107.
Rovings, 106, 117.
Russia in Asia, cotton production in, 57.
S.
St. Distaff's Day, 116.
Santos Cotton, 30.
Saw gin, 78.
Scutching, 83, 92, 166.
Seeds, cotton, 22, 31, 33, 76.
Seguro, 47.
Senegambia, 63.
Shuttle, flying, 120, 137.
Sind Cotton, 55.
Sizing, 177.
Slavery, abolition of, effect on production, 43.
Sliver Lap Machine, 85, 173.
Sliver, the, 84, 94, 101.
Slubbers, 107.
Soil, 21.
Soils, American cotton, 41.
Soudan, cotton production in, 63.
South Africa, cotton production in, 18, 63.
Species, 21.
Spindle, the, 110, 114, 122.
Spinning, early attempts, 112.
Spinning Jenny, 122, 138.
Spinning wheels, 116.
Strength of fibres, 30.
Sumatra, cotton production in, 63.
Surat cotton, 26, 55.
T.
Theophrastus, description of cotton, 16.
Thread, sewing, 9, 181.
Turkestan, cotton production in, 57.
Turkey, cotton production in, 63.
Twist in fibre, 66;
in rovings, 109.
U.
United States, cotton production of the, 39, 40.
Unripe cotton, 68, 84.
V.
"Vegetable Lamb of Tartary," 12.
Vine Cotton, 26.
W.
Wadding, cotton, 77.
Warping machine, 177.
Water Frame, 131, 162.
West Indies, cotton production in, 18, 63.
Whitney, Eli. 78.
Winding, 111.
Winding Chain, 156.
Winding frame, 182.
Wyatt, John, 113, 121.
Z.
Zahn, Johannes, 13.
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