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Textiles and clothing (1919)
McGowan, Ellen Amelia (Beers), 1873-, Waite, Charlotte, A. (Charlotte Augusta), b. 1873 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 86
COTTON 71 iron bands. The size of the American bale is usually 54 inches X 27 inches X 27 inches. The quantity varies, but the average weight is 500 pounds, and 1500 pounds of seed cotton is necessary to produce it. For export the … © Brown Bros. N. Y^ FIG. 43. — COTTON BOAT ON RIVER. cotton is rebaled by a machine called the Morse Lever Press. The cotton is subjected to a pressure of terrific force which reduces it in size, the covering and steel bands being fastened about it before the pressure is removed. Cotton bales. —…Textile fabrics · Clothing and dress
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