When a systems integrator received a request to modernize a cotton press, he discovered a new set of tools for dealing with an enduring machine. It is believed that cotton production originated more ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Spun sugar is a centuries-old tradition that's gone through several renaissances. It's been boiled and stretched, hand-pulled and whipped, and ...

THE improvement in the design and quality of cotton fabrics during recent years has enabled these fabrics to encroach relatively more and more on the markets for other textiles, as well as to hold ...

In 1789, a 21-year-old man landed in New York. He was young, over six feet tall, and ready to take America by storm. Despite having grown up at a farm in the English Midlands, he knew something that ...