. A history of the vegetable kingdom; embracing the physiology of plants, with their uses to man and the lower animals, and their application in the arts, manufactures, and domestic economy. Illus. by several hundred figures. Botany; Botany, Economic; 1855. HEMP. 413 scarcely credible is converted into textures which are reconveyed to the countries of production. The value of cotton goods exported from Great Britain during four years, stands thus: Piece Goods. Yarn or Twist. 1828 £13,649,012 £3,595,405 1829 13,568,132 3,976,874 1830 15,294,923 4,133,741 1831 13,282,185 3,975,019 All these ar
. A history of the vegetable kingdom; embracing the physiology of plants, with their uses to man and the lower animals, and their application in the arts, manufactures, and domestic economy. Illus. by several hundred figures. Botany; Botany, Economic; 1855. HEMP. 413 scarcely credible is converted into textures which are reconveyed to the countries of production. The value of cotton goods exported from Great Britain during four years, stands thus: Piece Goods. Yarn or Twist. 1828 £13,649,012 £3,595,405 1829 13,568,132 3,976,874 1830 15,294,923 4,133,741 1831 13,282,185 3,975,019 All these are real mercantile values. The official value at the custom house is nominal and invariable. In 1792 tlie official valne of cottons exported was £1,892,329 In 1830 . . 37,269,432 The quantity of manufactured cottons ex- ported to the East Indies alone in 1828, stood thus: £1,394,681 153,238 To the East India Company's territo-l -T^c mr ries, Ceylon, and China. ) 37,5f't',8iJb To the East India islands, Sumatra, &c. 4,680,370 Besides which there was exported the follow- ing quantity of cotton twist, or spun yam: To the East India Company's territo-â )â 'â¢â ""»"⢠ries, Ceylon, and China. 1 4,549,219 To the East India islands, Sumatra, &c. 37,836 £390,344 -2,790 tube, chiefly composed of a cellular texture; and of a portion of longitudinal fibres, commonly The celerity with which the raw material is converted into cloth by the aid of modern ma- chinery is truly wonderful. The proprietor of a cotton factory in Manchester, having obtained an order for the shipment of some goods of a particular description, purchased ten bales of cotton of suitable quality in Liverpool. On their arrival in Manchester, they were received into the highest floor of his works, and thence proceeding regularly downwards, underwent all the intermediate processes of carding, spinning, and weaving until, in ten days from their recep- tion, the finished goods into
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