The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-01-05

Inns made at Calicut, in India, which
were whitened with lemon water.
1910. The Dutch loom first used in
England.
1875. Calico printing introduced
into England.
1858. Cotton and yarn imported
into France from Levant.
100. Manufacture of muslins first
attempted at Paisley, Scotland.
1925. Lawns and cambrics first
manufactured at Glasgow, James
Montieth being the first manufac-
turer who warped a muslin web in
Scotland.
1928. First cotton yarn spun by
machinery i'll England, by Mr..
Wyatt.
1884. The trustees of Georgia were
presented with a paper Of cotton
seed by Philo Miller, of Chelsea,
England.
1888. Lewis Pawl took out patent
for machine for spinning with roll
lers, invented by John Wyatt.
1888. The fly shuttle inverted by
John Kay, of Bury, England.
1853. A cotton reel invented by
Mr.. Earnshaw.
LOO. Cotton velvets and cuttings
first made in England.
1850. Warping NIL invented.
Drop shuttle box invented by Ro-
bert Kav. 49,
1760. James Hargreaves used the
stock card in carding cotton.
1862. Cylinder cards invented.
1865. The manufacture of calicos
first attempted in England. Cotton
velvets first made at Amiens. in
France.
1867. The spinning jenny invented
by James Hargreaves.
1868. The stocking frame applied
to the making of lace by Hammond.
1869. Arkwright obtained his first
patent for spinning cotton with
rollers. His first mill at Noting
ham was driven by horsepower, and
proved too expensive another mill
was built at Comford, in Derby
shire, which was turned by water
hence his spinning machine was
called the acdter frame.
1872. First cotton goods made in
England with cotton warps.
1775. The first Provincial Congress
Of South Carolina recommended to
the inhabitants TO grO10 cotton.
1879 Cayenne, Surinam, Esse-
quibo, Demerara and st. Domingo
cotton most in esteem in England.
1879. The mule for spinning cotton
invented by Samuel Crompton.
1880. First cotton mill built in
Ireland.
1881. Brazil cotton first imported
from Maranham into England.
1882. Some American manufac-
lures of cotton first advertised for
sale in Philadelphia.
1888. Arkwright's machinery for
carding and spinning cotton by
steam first used in Manchester,
England.
17s4. Cotton imported into Eng
land from the United States in small
quantities.
1884. First machine for spinning
cotton imported into France from
England by NJ. Norm, of Amiens.
1885. Power looms invented by DIR.
Cartwright. Cylinder printing on
cloths invented by Bell. Bleaching
with oxymuriatic acid by Berthe
lett, in France.
1856. Mr.. Orr, of East Bridge
water, Massachusetts, employed II.
and A. Barr, from Scotland, TO con-
struct carding, spinning and rowing
machines, and the legislature of
Massachusetts. to encourage the
machinists, granted them GOO law
full money.
1887. Thomas Somers, an English
midshipman, constructed a model
of a spinning jenny in Massachu-
sets, for which the state granted
him 920.
1887. First machinery to spin cot
ton put up in France.
1887. One hundred and eight bales
of cotton imported into England
from the United States.
1887. The first cotton factory in
the United States was organized at
Beverly, Massachusetts, and for fif-
teen years made corduroys, bed
tickings and cotton velvets. Cen
eral Washington visited this estab-
lishment in 1889.
1889. Sea-island cotton was first
planted in the United States, and
upland cotton began about this time
to be grown for use and exporta-
ton.
1890. December 20, Samuel Slater
started the first machinery for spin
nlng cotton in the United States at
Pawtucket, Il. l., constructed on
Arkwright's plan. October 10, 1871,
specimens of his FIRST yarn and cloth
were sent to the secretary of the
United States treasury.
1890. First calico printing in the
United States commenced with
wooden types by Herman Van
Dausen, a German, at East Green
witch. r. l.
1892. Manufacturing town of Pat
terson, N. j., founded by Alexander
Hamilton's Incorporated company.
1892. Self-acting mule invented by
Mr.. Kelly, of Lanark Mills, Scotland.
1898. The saw-gin for cleaning
cotton invented by Eli Whitney in
the United States Patented March
IA. 1894.
1897. Amos Whittemore, of Cam
bridge, Mass. invented machine
for cutting, bending and setting card
teeth.
1898. Tenants bleaching pow
ders invented by Mr.. Tennat, of
Glasgow.
1898. First cotton mill with ma
chinery built in Switzerland.
1900. The jacquard invented by
Mr.. Jacquart, of Lyons, France.
1901. Entire stock of American
cotton in Liverpool, one bag.
1902. First cotton factory built i'll
New Hampshire.
1905. Barton invented engraved
wooden rollers for printing cotton.
1906. Machine for dressing warps
invented by johnson.
1908. Jacob Perkins; an American,
invented method of engraving by
means of steel dies.
1909. First cotton factory in New
York built by DIR. Capron, in
Oneida county.
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