COTTON FACT SHEET PAKISTAN Pakistan has the 26th largest economy in the world with a GDP of USD504.3 billion and a GDP per capita of USD 2‚600. It has a population of approximately 176.2 million people (2008 estimates). OVERVIEW Pakistan is the 4th largest cotton producer and consumer (preceded by China (Mainland)‚ India and the USA). The cotton industry is an integral aspect of the economy. This is also true of the textile sector on which the economy is heavily dependent. As such cotton is a principal
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Cotton Gin In the late 1700’s many people were trying to figure out a way to remove the seeds from cotton because it was very time consuming and “labor was a slow [and] expensive process” (Shectman 65). In the 1740’s the people of India had created a machine called the churka (a sankrit word for a jerking motion) that separated the cotton seeds from the clean fiber. “The cotton was fed through the dual rollers‚ which grabbed the fiber tightly and pinched free the seeds. The seeds were trapped by
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Penguin Random House LLC of New York City published Empire of Cotton‚ written by Harvard University Professor Sven Beckert‚ in 2014. And is vivid and penetrating nonfiction in which the author creates a definitive history of how cotton came to shape the contemporary world‚ global capitalism and political economies. The history of cotton dates back 5‚000 years and was crucial to economies of many ancient civilizations. However‚ Beckert focuses the majority of his attention to our last 250 years. Crossing
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s a Cotton BudCotton Bud Story Once upon a time‚ in a land not that far away‚ a little cotton seed named Bud was on his way to be planted in a large field. He was in a big noisy machine full of lots of other little seeds. It was moving and some of the seeds at the bottom of the pile were falling out the bottom. Then‚ suddenly‚ there was a big bang and smoke filled the dark chamber of the machine. The machine started to pick up speed. What started at a very‚ very slow pace‚ soon became a very
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You may have heard the term Peruvian cotton and wondered what it is that makes this blend of cotton so special. Peruvian pima cotton is one of the most prized blends of cotton available. This cotton‚ which is cultivated in South America‚ is extremely soft‚ and is an ideal fiber for creating high-quality clothing. Here are a few facts about why Peruvian pima cotton is an excellent choice for beautiful clothing. Very Soft Peruvian pima cotton is exceptionally soft‚ which makes it an irresistible
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[pic] Report On INDUSTRIAL INTERNSHIP Course Code: TEX 404 Duration: 12th June-12th August 2010 Akij Tixtile Mills Ltd. Charkhanda‚ Golora‚ Manikgonj. [pic] Supervising Teacher: Ismat Zerin Lecturer‚ BSTE Department Prepared By- Md. Nafij Hasnain :ID# 06313174 Date of Submission: 25th Septamber 2010 Department of Textile Engineering City University Banani‚ Dhaka-1213 Acknowledgement With great respect‚ we pay our heartiest gratitude to our honorable supervisor
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Cotton Mather Description: He was the son of Increase Mather‚ and grandson of both John Cotton and Richard Mather‚ all also prominent Puritan ministers. Mather was named after his maternal grandfather‚ John Cotton. He attended Boston Latin School‚ where his name was posthumously added to its Hall of Fame‚ and graduated from Harvard in 1678 at age 15. After completing his post-graduate work‚ he joined his father as assistant pastor of Boston’s original North Church.[1] In 1685 Mather assumed
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invented a simple machine called the cotton gin. The main purpose of this machine was to automatically separate the cotton fibers from the seeds. Similar machines already existed for long-staple cotton‚ but they did not work with short-staple cotton. The basic concept was the same‚ using brushes to separate the two parts of the cotton. Whitney’s design‚ however‚ used spiked teeth to pull the fibers from the seed more effectively than previous machines. Whitney’s cotton gin only contained a few parts.
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In many high schools‚ slavery is often a subject that is glanced over and mildly talked about. However‚ cotton and cotton-related inventions‚ such as the cotton gin‚ are the themes of many class lectures. It is wrongful not to explore and debate the relation between slavery and cotton in the South. It has been proven time and time again that the two are not mutually exclusive; the cotton industry directly--and indirectly--influenced slavery through purely its numbers‚ high demands‚ the “American
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invention like the Cotton Gin. This technological advancement led to impact on the industries and farms. Also‚ this invention created a dramatic change that had positive and negative impacts. The Cotton Gin led to many changes in the southern states due to the multiple causes and effects associated with the invention. Many events leading up to the creation of the Cotton Gin had many impacts on the Cotton Gin invention. In the early 18th century‚ it was difficult to harvest cotton and it took an abundant
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