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Cotton
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Cotton balls are made from which part of the cotton plant?
Cotton is a busy plant that grows in many parts of the United States. It is planted in early spring and by fall the white flowers that grow on the plant become cotton bolls. When the cotton is ready to pick the grower kills the plant so the bolls will open to show the cotton inside. After the plant is dead a cotton picker ( machine) goes through the rows of cotton and pulls the cotton off the plant. It usually takes about 3-5 times for the picker to get all the cotton. The picked cotton is put into big trailers and taken to a cotton gin where it is processed and the seeds removed. It is then packed into a big bale of cotton and shipped.
Who brought together under one roof all the machines needed to turn raw cotton into cloth?
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How was cotton made in factories?
The very first cotton gin was created by Eli Whitney. It used a combination of a wire screen along with wire hooks that helped pull the cotton through.
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. ... The fiber is most often spun into yarn or thread and used to make a soft, breathable textile.
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The Cotton Club was located in Harlem in New York City, New York. This club operated from 1923 until 1940, and was the local jazz music night club where acts came to play.
Why does cotton wool absorb sound?
Believe it or not wool is a solid. Its fibers vibrate when sound approaches it therefor the vibrations are used up and there is less sound coming out from the other end of the wool fiber. (I'm Not Sure If Its Al Right But I Do Know that wool does absorb sound and It Can Be Used In Ear Defenders Or Ear Muffs To Cancel Out Noise).
Was a machine for removing the seeds in cotton quickly?
Originally people called "cotton pickers" removed the seeds from raw cotton by hand, but this was slow and labor intensive. Eli Whitney invented a machine called the "Cotton Engine" (shortened in common usage to the "Cotton Gin") that removed the seeds from raw cotton quickly and easily. Unfortunately he made no money from this invention as it was so simple that anyone needing one simply made it himself.
The Cotton Gin saved the south's Plantation slave based economy, until the Civil War.
What is better combed cotton or supima cotton?
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Supima cotton is a brand name which specifies Pima cotton grown only in the U.S. It is ELS cotton (extra long staple) with staples, on average, 1.44" long.
Egyptian cotton is a generic term that refers to any cotton grown in Egypt, which grow a variety of cotton: MLS (medium long staple), LS, and ELS. The ELS staples are, on average, 2" long.
If you compare ELS Egyptian cotton to any cotton, the Egyptian is the best in terms of softness. >>> This statement is categorically wrong.
"Egyptian cotton" is any cotton that happens to be grown in the country of Egypt. An ELS cotton grown in Egypt may - or may not - compare well to other ELS cottons grown anywhere else.
Suppima, which is a brand name of a particularly well studied, developed, researched variety of ELS has been documented to be a superior ELS variety of cotton. Part of the differentiation, and quality, of Supima is not only the specific variety of cotton, but also the methods with which it is grown and processed. The whole seed, soil, growing, processing, manufacturing processes in Egypt simply do not match the highly developed agriculture processes which are used for Supima. As well, the seed stock of Supima - superior Pima - is categorically a higher quality plant; it makes better cotton fibers. Better fibers, in addition to the superior farming, processing and manufacturing processes ensures that Supima Cotton products are the highest quality cotton bar none.
How do you shrink a cotton t-shirt?
wash it a bunch of times. but the colors will fade too, every time you wash it. you should probably go return it for a better size or trim it (if your good at that sort of thing) or wait. youll grow into it eventually!!
What are cotton balls used for in a first aid kit?
What fabrics are made from cotton?
by pooing out the magnaminousa which creates a glue like substance and adding pee wich take is shape in a factory while eating dog poop!!
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What was the South's economy based on prior to the US Civil War?
Prior to the US Civil War, the Southern economy was primarily based on its cotton crop. This was a major plus for the entire US economy in 1860 for example. Cotton was shipped to Europe and also to Northern textile mills.
What are the Functions of the various departments in textile industry?
Basic departments in textile are Productional, Purchase, Marketing & Finance
Why was cotton important in the south?
Cotton was important to the south because during the civil war that is all the south had. They didn't have big factories to make guns. The south wanted to use cotto to lure England and France into a military alliance. This was also called the cotton diplomacy.
What is the seed pod of cotton called?
The seed of cotton is called 'cotton seed'.
The pod that contains the cotton seed and the cotton fiber is called a 'boll'.
Why did children in World War 2 have to have a tin with cotton wool and a cork?
My understanding is that children were given these in the event of a bombing of their location. The Cotton Wool was, of course, to put in their ears for 'protection' while the cork was to be bitten on in an effort to stop children biting their tongue.
Whether either were effective would be another question, but it was certainly providing the view that something was being done for the 'protection' of the children.
A ceramic is an inorganic, non-metallic solid prepared by the action of heat and subsequent cooling.[1] Ceramic materials may have acrystalline or partly crystalline structure, or may be amorphous (e.g., a glass). Because most common ceramics are crystalline, the definition of ceramic is often restricted to inorganic crystalline materials, as opposed to the non-crystalline glasses.
The earliest ceramics were pottery objects made from clay, either by itself or mixed with other materials, hardened in fire. Later ceramics were glazed and fired to create a colored, smooth surface. Ceramics now include domestic, industrial and building products and art objects. In the 20th century, new ceramic materials were developed for use in advanced ceramic engineering; for example, in semiconductors.
The word ceramic comes from the Greek word "κεÏαμικός" (keramikos), "of pottery" or "for pottery",[2] from "κÎÏαμος" (keramos), "potter's clay, tile, pottery".[3] The earliest mention on the root "ceram-" is the Mycenaean Greek ke-ra-me-we, "workers of ceramics", written in Linear bsyllabic script.[4] Ceramic may be used as an adjective describing a material, product or process; or as a singular noun, or, more commonly, as a plural noun, ceramics.[5]
A Dye Grabber is a product made by Carbona to be used in the wash cycle with fabric to keep the colors from fading in to each other.
The terrycloth like fabric piece is good for 20-24 washing before it must be replaced
I have used this product with outstanding results. I first purchased it at Safeway but an currently looking for another off line source.
Until then I am using Shout Color Catcher (24 count) individual dye grabbing sheets- one use only.
What does a cotton do and who partented it?
Cotton doesn't 'do' anything: cotton is a plant fibre used in clothing, and used for other applications. One could say, however, that cotton absorbs.
What are the qualities of cotton?
