Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. In preparing those articles, I was able to utilise the experience of over fifty years' active occupation in the Manufacture of Cotton, in the course of which the positions I have filled have ranged from that of an Operative in various branches to the responsible one of Manager in mills, both at home and abroad. And it should be a further qualification for undertaking such a task, that for some time I held the important position of Technical Instructor of Managers and Overlookers. Throughout the work, I have endeavoured to treat the subject from a thoroughly practical point of View, and to deal clearly but tersely with the various processes in their order of precedence.
