The Paisley thread industry and the men who created and developed it, with notes concerning Paisley, old and new (1907)
Blair, Matthew, d. 1908 · Paisley, A. Gardner · leaf 32
e home con-sumption of cotton in the United States is very large, and rapidlyincreasing. In the specialisation of industries which is constantly takingplace, it has happened that Lancashire has some economic advan- Change to Cotton—Causes of Expansion 27 tSges for the production of fine cotton… … Cl.AUKs IMlI.I.S. FUO^M LoXEiVn. attempted by the Coats firm, so that even yet the bulk of thematerial used comes from Lancashire. The system of numbering sewing thread was settled at a timewhen the yarn was all three-cord, and was named accordino- tothe count of the single yarn. Thus 30s 3-cord…
Cotton manufacture · Thread
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