Cotton Fibers Name: Maya Abou Ajram Subject: Design Material 2 Year: Fall 2014-2015 Introduction Cotton is a soft staple fiber that grown in a form known as a boll around the seeds of the cotton plant‚ a shrub native to tropical and subtropical regions. Cotton fibers are mainly made up of cellulose. Under natural conditions‚ the cotton bolls will tend to increase the dispersion of the seeds. The cotton fibers are attached to the seeds inside the boll of the plant. There are usually six or seven seeds
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When a traumatic event happens‚ a multitude of people are affected. In Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption written by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton‚ the story of Thompson’s rape and Cotton’s conviction is unraveled through the perspective of both authors. The emotions that both Thompson and Cotton endure in the aftermath of the rape are shown with the alternation of speaker. With the change in speaker in each part of the book‚ the read gets to see the most significant
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A woman’s invisible scars Jennifer Thompson was a young girl with her life in the palm of her hands. She was beautiful‚ smart‚ fit‚ and ready to begin her life. She was a straight “A” student at Elon College and constantly had her nose in the books. She was a confident woman who knew what she wanted and wasn’t willing to settle. She had a healthy relationship with her family and a boyfriend whom she was madly in love with and planning to marry. In a word‚ her life was perfect. Unfortunately‚
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Cotton and how it has shaped the course of history Cotton is a plant that has been used by humans for many years. Thanks to researchers and scientists‚ we now know that use of cotton dates back to at least seven thousand years according to the shreds of cloth found and written references to cotton. The oldest discovery of cotton was made in a Mexican caves. Cotton was first referred to in a Hindu book called the Rig-Veda. Therefore‚ it is believed that cotton was first used in India but people
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COTTON CONTENTS INTRODUCTION.. .. .. .. .. .. .. … … … … … … … … … … … 1-3 Origin History COTTON-CULTIVATION… … … … … … … … …. … … ……4-6 Hardiness Propagation Cultivation Processing TYPES OF COTTON… … … … … … … … … … …
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Cotton Industry Vision 2029 Final Report March 2010 Emergent Futures Pty Ltd Level 27‚ 101 Collins St‚ Melbourne‚ Victoria‚ Australia 3000 Ph: 61 (0) 3 9018 7917 Fax: 61 (0) 3 9012 3580 www.emergentfutures.com Key Contact: Sandy Teagle Mobile 0408 002 909 sandy@emergentfutures.com Emergent Futures – Cotton Industry Vision 2029‚ Final Report 1 Contents 1. E xecutive Summary.............................................................................................
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Illupaikudi in the Perambalur district of Tamil Nadu. People see a change from old‚ about to fall houses to proper‚ independent houses where the people staying are mostly farmers. And people will think like this because of the large scale pest attack on the cotton crops about 5 years ago which had destroyed almost all the crops and put everybody under enormous debts. Now‚ there are people working in the fields‚ de-weeding the plants and about to sow the plants. And of these people‚ the majority of
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The Cotton Gin The cotton gin affected the United States by improving cotton harvesting and therefore expanding farming for cotton mainly in the southern states. Many farmers increased the size of their fields and established cotton plantations. This expansion caused an economic boom but with it came an increase in slavery as slaves were needed to harvest the cotton. The increase of slavery caused the abolition movement in the north to get motivated to fight the increased slavery. The cotton
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Cotton Farming * Cotton is grown all over the world but the biggest cotton-growing nations are China‚ India‚ the United States‚ Brazil and Pakistan. After the flowers of the cotton plant have blossomed they fall off and a round green seed pod called a cotton boll remains. The cotton boll ripens in the sun and its cellulose fibers expand until they ripen and burst out of the boll. At this point the cotton plant is ready to be harvested. Cotton Harvesting * Although cotton used to be picked
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Alec Baliatico Mr. Trzepinska United States History 25 February 2013 The Cotton Gin The Cotton Gin was one of the great inventions of all time. It was the start to the Industrial Revolution and the many other impeccable inventions soon to come. It allows cotton fibers to easily be separated from their thorns. This allowed for much faster production of usable cotton than manual labor. The Cotton Gin was one of the first machines ever built that single handedly replaced the jobs of human beings
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