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Model of the Whitney's Cotton Gin

Author:
Unknown  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Object; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Object
Topic:
Whitney, Eli  Search this
Exhibitions  Search this
Agriculture  Search this
Cotton gins and ginning  Search this
Cotton machinery  Search this
Standard number:
91-3685
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_8326

Slater Spinning Frame

Author:
Unknown  Search this
Subject:
Slater, Samuel 1768-1835  Search this
United States National Museum  Search this
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Object; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Object
Date:
Unknown, probably 1950s
Topic:
Exhibitions  Search this
Expositions  Search this
Slater Spinning Frame  Search this
Agriculture  Search this
Expositions--Philadelphia  Search this
Cotton machinery  Search this
Cotton spinning  Search this
Spinning  Search this
Textile fabrics  Search this
Artifacts  Search this
Standard number:
91-3686
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_8327

Tests of power required for cotton and other machinery, by dynamometers belonging to the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, and the Locks and Canals Company of Lowell, Mass. / by Samuel Webber

Author:
Webber, Samuel  Search this
New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association  Search this
Physical description:
47 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1874
Topic:
Cotton machinery  Search this
Cotton manufacture  Search this
Call number:
TS1583 .W37t 1874
TS1583.W37t 1874
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_390316

Recent cotton mill construction and engineering / by the late Joseph Nasmith and Frank Nasmith

Author:
Nasmith, Joseph 1850-1905  Search this
Physical description:
vi, 382 p. : ill. ; 19 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1909
Topic:
Cotton manufacture  Search this
Cotton machinery  Search this
Call number:
TS1583 .N256 1909
TS1583.N256 1909
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_90025

Opening, cleaning, and picking / by Dr. Zoltan S. Szaloki

Author:
Szaloki, Zoltan S  Search this
Institute of Textile Technology  Search this
Physical description:
iii, 170 p. ; ill. 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1976
C1976
Topic:
Cotton machinery  Search this
Cotton machinery--Design and construction  Search this
Cotton manufacture--Technological innovations  Search this
Textile machinery--Design and construction  Search this
Textile fibers--Technological innovations  Search this
Textile fibers, Synthetic--Technological innovations  Search this
Textile industry--Technological innovations  Search this
Call number:
TS1583 .S99
TS1583.S99
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_90209

[Trade catalogs on cotton baling presses, cotton condensers ... ]

Author:
American Cotton Company  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries American History Trade Literature Collection DSI  Search this
Physical description:
<2> v. : ill
Type:
Catalogs
Trade catalogs
Date:
1898
[1898?]-
Topic:
Cotton machinery  Search this
Cotton baling  Search this
Call number:
053940
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_718824

Sources of moisture in mechanically harvested seed cotton and its effects on cotton quality / by R.E. Parker and O.B. Wooten

Author:
Parker, R. E. 1937-  Search this
Wooten, O. B  Search this
Physical description:
ii, 25 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1964
Topic:
Cotton  Search this
Cotton machinery  Search this
Cotton picking  Search this
Call number:
TS1542 .P24 1964
TS1542.P24 1964
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_406805

The science of modern cotton spinning: embracing mill architecture; machinery for cotton ginning, opening, scutching, preparing, and spinning, with all the latest improvements. By Evan Leigh

Author:
Leigh, Evan  Search this
Physical description:
2 v. fronts., illus. (incl. ports.) plates (partly fold.) 35 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1873
Topic:
Cotton spinning  Search this
Cotton machinery  Search this
Call number:
TS1577.L5X 1873
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_402457

The early English cotton industry, with some unpublished letters of Samuel Crompton, by George W. Daniels ... introductory chapter by George Unwin

Author:
Daniels, George William 1878-  Search this
Crompton, Samuel 1753-1827  Search this
Physical description:
xxxi, 214 p., front., illus. (incl. facsim.) pl., fold. map. 20 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Great Britain
Date:
1920
Topic:
Cotton manufacture  Search this
Cotton machinery  Search this
Call number:
HD9881.5.D3X 1920
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_401226

Textile texts for cotton manufacturers : including special articles on carding, spinning, spooling, warping, dyeing, reeling, twisting and weaving also general history, mathematical tables and a description of the patented cotton machinery / introduced and sold by Draper Company

Author:
Draper Corporation  Search this
Physical description:
360 p. : ill. ; 20 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Date:
1917
Topic:
Cotton machinery  Search this
Cotton growing  Search this
Cotton manufacture  Search this
Textile fabrics  Search this
Textile industry  Search this
Call number:
TS1581 .D76 1917Y
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_470591

Recent cotton mill construction and engineering / by Joseph Nasmith

Author:
Nasmith, Joseph 1850-1905  Search this
Physical description:
284 p. : ill. ; 19 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1894
[1894?]
Topic:
Textile factories--Design and construction  Search this
Cotton manufacture  Search this
Cotton machinery  Search this
Call number:
TS1583 .N256 1894
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_496366

Cotton ginning : a critical appreciation of recent developments / by Indra Doraiswamy, P. Chellamani, A. Pavendhan ; edited by Frieda Arnold

Author:
Doraiswamy, Indra  Search this
Chellamani, P  Search this
Pavendhan, A  Search this
Arnold, Frieda  Search this
Textile Institute (Manchester, England)  Search this
Physical description:
29 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1993
C1993
Topic:
Cotton gins and ginning  Search this
Cotton machinery  Search this
Call number:
TS1585 .D69 1993
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_456739

Hand-book on cotton manufacture; or, A guide to machine-building, spinning and weaving, with practical examples, all needful calculations, and many useful and important tables ... By James Geldard ..

Author:
Geldard, James  Search this
Physical description:
vi, [7]-298 p. incl. tables. front., 10 pl. 21 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1867
Topic:
Cotton manufacture  Search this
Cotton machinery  Search this
Call number:
TS1575 .G315
TS1575.G315
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_81174

Samuel Slater and the oldest cotton machinery in America / by Frederick L. Lewton ..

Author:
Lewton, Frederick L (Frederick Lewis) 1874-1959  Search this
Subject:
Slater, Samuel 1768-1835  Search this
Physical description:
505-511 p. : 3 pl. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1927
Topic:
Cotton machinery  Search this
Call number:
Q11 .S66 1927b
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_763321

The cotton trade and industrial Lancashire, 1600-1780, by Alfred P. Wadsworth and Julia De Lacy Mann

Author:
Wadsworth, Alfred P. 1891-1956  Search this
Mann, Julia De Lacy 1891-  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 539 p. illus., maps. 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Lancashire, Eng
Great Britain
Date:
1968
1968 [c1965]
Topic:
Cotton manufacture  Search this
Textile fabrics  Search this
Textile industry  Search this
Cotton trade  Search this
Cotton machinery  Search this
Industries--History  Search this
Call number:
HD9881.7.L2W3 1968X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_356950

Campbell cotton, corn and seed planters General catalogue no. 74

Author:
Campbell Bros. Mfg. Co., Inc  Search this
Type:
Books
Trade catalogs
Date:
Nd
Topic:
Cotton machinery  Search this
Call number:
43956
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_334907

Cotton machinery

Author:
Mason Machine Works  Search this
Type:
Books
Trade catalogs
Date:
1898
Topic:
Cotton machinery  Search this
Call number:
44014
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_329081

Textile texts for cotton manufacturers : concerning the proper methods of equipping and running mills ... and a full list of the patented cotton machinery introduced and sold by the Draper Company / [written and compiled by George Otis Draper]

Author:
Draper Corporation  Search this
Draper, George Otis 1867-1923  Search this
Physical description:
xx, 320 p. : illus., diagrs. ; 21 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Date:
1903
Topic:
Cotton growing  Search this
Cotton manufacture  Search this
Cotton machinery  Search this
Textile fabrics  Search this
Textile industry  Search this
Call number:
TS1581 .D76 1903X
TS1581.D76 1903X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_360745

Cotton textile technology in America : three centuries of evolutionary change / by Julia Carol Bonham

Author:
Bonham, Julia C  Search this
Physical description:
2 v. (viii, 414 leaves) : ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1987
1979
1979, c1984
Topic:
Cotton manufacture--History  Search this
Cotton machinery--History  Search this
Call number:
TS1583 .B714 1979a
TS1583.B714 1979a
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_331014

EVENER DRAWING FRAME FIRST ED

Author:
Saco-Lowell Shops  Search this
Type:
Books
Trade catalogs
Date:
1917
CA 1917
Topic:
Cotton machinery  Search this
Call number:
002405
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_173636

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