HISTORY

OF THE

COTTON

MANUFACTURE

IN GREAT BRITAIN:

WITH A NOTICE OF ITS EARLY HISTORY IN THE EAST, AND IN ALL
THE QUARTERS OF THE GLOBE;

A DESCRIPTION OF

THE GREAT MECHANICAL INVENTIONS,

WHICH HAVE CAUSED ITS UNEXAMPLED EXTENSION IN BRITAIN;

AND A VIEW OF THE

PRESENT STATE OF THE MANUFACTURE,

AND THE

CONDITION OF THE CLASSES ENGAGED IN ITS SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS.

BY EDWARD BAINES, JUN. ESQ.

EMBELLISHED AND ILLUSTRATED WITH

255

PORTRAITS OF INVENTORS, DRAWINGS OF MACHINERY, ETC.

LONDON:

H. FISHER, R. FISHER, AND P. JACKSON.