INDEX.

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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