The Story of the Cotton Plant (Classic Reprint)

Story of the Cotton plant, the author has of necessity had to consult many books. He is especially indebted to Baines History of the Cotton Manufacture, French sL ife and Times of Samuel Crompton, Lee sV egetable Lamb ofT artary, Report of the U. S. A. Agricultural Department on The Cotton Plant, and The American Cotton Company sB ooklet on the Cylindrical Bale. Mr. Thornley, spinning master at the Technical School, Bolton, has from time to time offered very important suggestions during the progress of this little work. The author is also deeply indebted to the late Mr. Woods of the Technical School, Bolton, who was good enough to photograph most of the pictures which illustrate this book, and without which it would have been impossible to make the story clear. For permission to reproduce Fig. 3, the thanks of the author are due toM essrs. Sampson Low and Co., for Fig. 4, toM
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.

Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org