Forming cotton into laps so that it could be

Forming cotton into laps so that it could be put into the carding machine in a uniform amounts. In foreground baskets of cotton that had been through the gin to remove seeds and separate fibres. On right at back of bench, balance for weighing cotton. Under bench are laps ready for carding. Adult hand with boy assistant. From Charles Tomlinson The Useful Arts and Manufactures of Great Britain London circa 1845

Amounts Baskets Carding Fibres Forming Laps Manufactures Remove Seeds Separate Tomlinson Useful Weighing

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