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COTTON- WOOL. 



Letter from j^gA gome machiiie which would thorouffhlv clean 



Resident at r> J 



Emwah to the cotton, and supersede the present very expen- 

 of Trade, sivc, but verv inefficient mode of hand-pickino*. 



20 June 1832. ^ i • 



With this object in view, I am making up, on a 

 small scale, a machine somewhat similar to one 

 used in England, called a " picker," and described 

 at length in page 379 of Mr. Nicholson's Operative 

 Mechanic. Should it be found on trial to answer 

 the purpose intended, I shall do myself the honour 

 to submit a detailed report on it. 



