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Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.84,0:00:08.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only antiquity knows when cotton was first used in the manufacture of cloth.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.08,0:00:12.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Traveling through history tells us how early developments were made
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.36,0:00:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how changes in technology continually pushed
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.20,0:00:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cotton manufacturing ahead of its time.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.16,0:00:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With each advancement,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.40,0:00:22.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the textile industry has seen cotton use diversify
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.44,0:00:25.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and expand in new and inventive ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.15,0:00:28.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although the spinning of cotton yarn and the weaving of
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.55,0:00:31.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cotton cloth are said to have originated in India,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.15,0:00:35.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Egypt claims to be the first to have explored these techniques.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.23,0:00:37.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Across the globe in Peru,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.22,0:00:41.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,similar yarn manufacturing techniques were being developed.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.56,0:00:45.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Bible talks about the cotton curtains that hung in Solomon's temple.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.07,0:00:48.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Early Greek historians wrote of preferences for cotton
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.89,0:00:51.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fleece over wool in its quality alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.67,0:00:55.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cotton was increasingly grown for textile purposes from
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.75,0:00:58.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these early years throughout the succeeding centuries.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.42,0:01:01.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Knowledge of cotton goods spread by armies,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.98,0:01:02.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,explorers,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.76,0:01:05.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and traders allowed for increased interest,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.62,0:01:07.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and by the end of the 15th century,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.74,0:01:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Britain had recorded the first trade of cotton.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.05,0:01:14.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Techniques in manufacturing were improved upon during these early centuries,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.93,0:01:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and advancements continued to this day.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.85,0:01:22.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Earliest techniques began as basic ideas of twisting and rolling fibers
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.53,0:01:25.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between the thumb and forefinger to form a single thread.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.13,0:01:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Early designs used this theory as a basis for the first spinning wheel.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.69,0:01:34.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Leonardo da Vinci developed drawings that were later turned into the invention
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.41,0:01:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Saxony wheel in 1555 by Johann Juergen of Germany.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.94,0:01:43.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This invention in the midst of the great industrial revolution
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.66,0:01:46.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,differed from the original spinning wheel with a
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.18,0:01:48.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,foot treadle by which the spindle could be revolved
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.14,0:01:51.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with a cranked axis on a larger wheel.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.36,0:01:55.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This new design enabled production to increase as well
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.43,0:01:57.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as greatly improving the quality of the yarn.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.39,0:02:00.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A tremendous technological breakthrough,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.87,0:02:03.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this first spinning wheel was the foundation for
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.15,0:02:06.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most future developments in yarn production technology.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.18,0:02:09.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most notable of the early inventions were the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.70,0:02:13.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,introduction of the self-acting mule in 1825,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.78,0:02:15.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ring spinning in 1828,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.24,0:02:19.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and revolving flats on the card in 1834.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.18,0:02:24.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A machine that could automatically comb cotton was introduced in 1846,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.89,0:02:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 50 years later,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.09,0:02:28.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a more improved form emerged.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.08,0:02:33.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,New yarn manufacturing technologies continue to impact the industry today
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.84,0:02:36.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by increasing efficiency and improving quality.