Staple Trades and Industries
Edited by GORDON D. KNOX. Demy 8vo. Illustrated.
First Volumes now Ready.
Wool. Frank Ormerod. 16 Illustrations. 6/6 net.
Contents.—The Genesis of Wool. The Coming of the Weavers. How England Took the Lead. Sheep and Wool Fibre. The World’s Wool Supply. Australia’s Pastoral Romance. The Marketing of Wool. Shearing and Sorting. Preparation and Manufacture. Finishing Processes. Extremes of Woollen Production. Varied Uses. The Future. Salient Facts and Figures.
Cotton. George Bigwood. 16 Illustrations. 6/6 net.
Contents.—History of the Cotton Plant. The Development of Spinning. The Cotton Fields. Triumph of Mechanical Invention. Cotton Growing under the British Flag. Classification of the World’s Crop. Modern Spinning and Weaving. “Where Merchants Most do Congregate.” Gambling in Cotton. Cotton Fabrics; An Art Manufacture. Organisation and Strikes. A General Utility Plant. Appendices: The Cotton Trade in War Time; Spindles and Looms; “Futures.”
Linen. Alfred S. Moore. (In Preparation.)
The Nitrogen Industry. J. M. Partington, M.Sc. (do.)