The Benefits of the Cotton Gin The cotton gin was invented in 1793 by Eli Whitney to clean cotton fibers from the seeds (cotton gin). It was an invention created to reduce work and make cotton production quicker (Cotton Gin). It caused great reduction in the time it took to clean cotton. The cotton gin could drastically reduce the time it took to clean the cotton fibers. “…the cotton gin was a machine that could clean the seeds from 50 pounds of cotton in one day‚ whereas previously a laborer
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5 june 2011‚ Transgenic Bt Cotton CICR TECHNICAL BULLETIN NO: 22 TRANSGENIC Bt COTTON Dr CD Mayee Dr P Singh Dr AB Dongre Dr MRK Rao Dr Sheo Raj Central Institute for Cotton Research Nagpur Downloaded from www.cicr.org.in Technical Bulletin from CICR (www.cicr.org.in) 1 Transgenic Bt Cotton TRANSGENIC Bt COTTON 1. Introduction Cotton is one of the major fibre crops of global significance. It is cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions of more than eighty countries
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COTTON Cotton is a soft fiber that grows around the seeds of the cotton plant . The fiber is most of the time spun into thread and used to make a soft but strong textile. Cotton is a valuable crop because only about 10% of the raw weight is lost in processing. Once natural wax‚ protein‚ and other unnecessary things are removed‚ what’s left is a natural polymer of pure cellulose. Cellulose is the structural component of the cell walls of green plants‚ many forms of algae and the oomycetes. Some
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became obsessed with the bottleneck in cotton production on his employer’s Georgia plantation. In 1793‚ the fledgling mechanic soon found a solution to the problem of cleaning cotton and the separation of the seed from the fiber. After a few months‚ he wrote the now-famous letter to his father in which he described his discovery: “I involuntarily happened to be thinking on the subject [of cleaning cotton] and struck out a plan of a Machine [to remove the cotton seed]…I concluded to relinquish my school
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shirts because I own many of them in different colors so I am interested in how they are made. Polos are composed of 100% cotton. I like to wear these shirts mainly because they are comfortable and look good‚ but also because they are easy to maintain. Cotton is machine washable and can also be dried in a standard dryer‚ even though they may shrink if over-dried. Cotton is made up of fibrous cellulose‚ which is a carbohydrate‚ and the molecular makeup is a long chain of glucose molecules. Glucose
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COTTON FACT SHEET PAKISTAN Pakistan has the 26th largest economy in the world with a GDP of USD504.3 billion and a GDP per capita of USD 2‚600. It has a population of approximately 176.2 million people (2008 estimates). OVERVIEW Pakistan is the 4th largest cotton producer and consumer (preceded by China (Mainland)‚ India and the USA). The cotton industry is an integral aspect of the economy. This is also true of the textile sector on which the economy is heavily dependent. As such cotton is a principal
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Cotton Gin In the late 1700’s many people were trying to figure out a way to remove the seeds from cotton because it was very time consuming and “labor was a slow [and] expensive process” (Shectman 65). In the 1740’s the people of India had created a machine called the churka (a sankrit word for a jerking motion) that separated the cotton seeds from the clean fiber. “The cotton was fed through the dual rollers‚ which grabbed the fiber tightly and pinched free the seeds. The seeds were trapped by
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Penguin Random House LLC of New York City published Empire of Cotton‚ written by Harvard University Professor Sven Beckert‚ in 2014. And is vivid and penetrating nonfiction in which the author creates a definitive history of how cotton came to shape the contemporary world‚ global capitalism and political economies. The history of cotton dates back 5‚000 years and was crucial to economies of many ancient civilizations. However‚ Beckert focuses the majority of his attention to our last 250 years. Crossing
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You may have heard the term Peruvian cotton and wondered what it is that makes this blend of cotton so special. Peruvian pima cotton is one of the most prized blends of cotton available. This cotton‚ which is cultivated in South America‚ is extremely soft‚ and is an ideal fiber for creating high-quality clothing. Here are a few facts about why Peruvian pima cotton is an excellent choice for beautiful clothing. Very Soft Peruvian pima cotton is exceptionally soft‚ which makes it an irresistible
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[pic] Report On INDUSTRIAL INTERNSHIP Course Code: TEX 404 Duration: 12th June-12th August 2010 Akij Tixtile Mills Ltd. Charkhanda‚ Golora‚ Manikgonj. [pic] Supervising Teacher: Ismat Zerin Lecturer‚ BSTE Department Prepared By- Md. Nafij Hasnain :ID# 06313174 Date of Submission: 25th Septamber 2010 Department of Textile Engineering City University Banani‚ Dhaka-1213 Acknowledgement With great respect‚ we pay our heartiest gratitude to our honorable supervisor
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