Samples of cotton in 13 stages of manufacture, demonstrated in two display cases. McConnell and Co., Manchester, c.1890.
These samples show how raw cotton is transformed from its natural state as a cotton 'boll' on a plant, through to the final spun thread before it is woven into cloth. After commencing with the cotton as found in nature, in bolls, the effects are seen of the successive manufacturing operations, viz. : ginning, carding, combing, drawing, roving, and spinning. The waste materials removed by each process are also shown.
Display case showing samples of cotton in the first nine stages of manufacture, including cotton seed, ginned cotton, scutcher lap, carded cotton, card waste, comber lap, and drawing sliver. McConnell and Co., Manchester, c.1890.
Display case showing samples of cotton in the final four stages of manufacture, including slubbing bobbin, intermediate bobbin, roving bobbin, yarn in cops, lace and warp hanks, and warp yarns for velvets. McConnell and Co., Manchester, c.1890.
