Author: William R. Bagnall

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-20

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9780331457865

Excerpt from Samuel Slater and the Early Development of the Cotton Manufacture in the United States D. 124, speaks of the perfection to which, with rude apparatus, the fabrication of cotton cloth was brought. The webs of woven air, as he styles the finest text ures, are still made, according to modern travelers, in the same districts with machines nearly identical with those used two thousand years ago, the product being of the same marvelous delicacy and beauty, not sur passed, rarely equaled, by all the appliances of modern invention. These wonderful fabrics illustrate the say ing ofa Hindoo writer, that the first, the best, and the most perfect of instruments is the human hand. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.