Introduction And Early Progress of the Cotton Manufacture in the United States
Introduction And Early Progress of the Cotton Manufacture in the United States
Samuel Batchelder
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294 . . 1, 519, 527 1860 ... 301 .. 1, 688, 471 By euch data as we can obtain from the United States census, the whole number of spindles in the country, in 1840, was 2, 285, 337 ; 1860, 5, 035, 798. The machinery for spinning cotton having been originally brought into use in England, was introduced into this country and France at about the same time, and at a later period into other countries of Europe. It was then quite imperfect, compared with what it is at present. Improvements have continu...ed to be made both in this country and Europe ; and many American inventions have been of sufficient importance to be adopted in Great Britain ; and we have also availed ourselves of the improvements that have been made there, so that our best mills are not inferior, so far as machinery is con- cerned, to those of other countries. The rate of wages being higher here, we have had the greatest inducement to render our labor-saving machinery as perfect as possible. Among the improvements in cotton ma- chinery that have originated in this country, one of the most important is the combination of the train of three bevel wheels, to regulate ARNOLD'S ROVING FRAME.
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