CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



AN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 



Dexterity of Hindu weavers, p. 6 Cot ton -weavers of Mexico and 

 Peru, p. 7 Eli Whitney and the cotton-gin, p. 8 Events leading 

 up to the invention of the "saw-gin," p. 10 Description of Whit- 

 ney's first gin, p. ii Cotton at the mill, p. 13 First steps in the 

 manufacturing-process, p. 14 The beginning of the spinning-proc- 

 ess, p. 15 Carding-machine of James Hargreaves, p. 16 Prepar- 

 ing wool for spinning, p. 18 Hargreaves and the spinning-jenny, 

 p. 21 Possibilities of the spinning- jenny, and persecution of the 

 inventor, p. 24 Arkwright invents the water-frame, p. 25 Ark- 

 wright's early life, p. 26 The tribulations of an inventor, p. 28 

 Arkwright loses his patent on a legal technicality, p. 30 Arkwright, 

 the man, p. 30 The invention of the mule, p. 32 Precautions 

 taken by Crompton to protect his invention, p. 33 The self-act- 

 ing mule, p. 35 What these various inventions did for the cotton 

 industry, p. 36. 



CHAPTER II 



THE MANUFACTURE OP TEXTILES 



Primitive spinning and weaving, p. 38 How the Egyptians may 

 have learned the art of weaving, p. 39 John Kay and the flying 

 shuttle, p. 42 The development of the power-loom, p. 43 Cart- 

 wright's own story of how he came to invent the power-loom, p. 

 45 The power-loom perfected, p. 48 The Jacquard loom, p. 49 

 Jacquard's factories destroyed by a mob, p. 50 The Northrop 

 loom invented, p. 51 Finishing textile fabrics, p. 52 Calico 

 printing, p. 53 Lace-making and knitting machinery, p. 55 Rev. 

 William Lee, inventor of the first knitting-machine, p. 56. 



CHAPTER III 



THE STORY OF COSTUMES 



Style of clothing developed by northern races, p. 59 Military 

 methods and fashion, two elements that determine types of cos- 



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