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The largest producers of cotton, as of 2017, are India and China, with annual production of about 18.53 million tonnes (4.09 × 10 10 lb) and 17.14 million tonnes (3.78 × 10 10 lb), respectively; most of this production is consumed by their respective textile industries. The largest exporters of raw cotton are the United States, with sales of ...
[10] Circular saw: Excavated in Lothal. [11] [12] Bow Drill: Bow drills were used in Mehrgarh between the 4th and 5th millennium BC. [13] This bow drill—used to drill holes into lapis lazuli and carnelian—was made of green jasper. [13] Similar drills were found in other parts of the Indus Valley Civilisation and Iran one millennium later. [13]
Cotton is shipped to mills in large 500-pound bales. When the cotton comes out of a bale, it is all packed together and still contains vegetable matter. The bale is broken open using a machine with large spikes, called an opener. To fluff up the cotton and remove the vegetable matter, the cotton is sent through a picker or a similar machine.
The woolen shawls made from wool in Indian administered Kashmir find written mention between the 3rd century BCE and the 11th century CE. [59] Charkha (Spinning wheel): invented in India, between 500 and 1000 CE. [60] Chintz – The origin of Chintz is from the printed all cotton fabric of calico in India. [61]
Natural vegetable fibres include cotton, linen, jute and hemp. Animal protein fibres include wool and silk. Man-made fibres (made by industrial processes) including nylon, polyester will be used in some hobbies and handicrafts and in the developed world. Almost all commercial textiles are produced by industrial methods. Textiles are still ...
Cotton (Gossypium herbaceum Linnaeus) may have been domesticated around 5000 BCE in eastern Sudan near the Middle Nile Basin region, where cotton cloth was being produced. [10] The cultivation of cotton and the knowledge of its spinning and weaving in Meroë reached a high level in the 4th century BC. The export of textiles was one of the ...
On the better side, the local industry gets a decorative boost from Little Bales of Cotton, which sells miniature cotton bales, wreaths, and footstools, as well as tees made from the historic ...
Muslin was made in Dhaka (Sonargaon) from very fine yarn, which is made from cotton called Phuti karpas; while in Malda, Radhanagar and Burdwan, muslin was made from fine yarn made from nurma or kaur cotton. A minimum of 300-count yarn was used for the muslin, making the muslin as transparent as glass.