 | 1849 - 274 страници
...the inhabitants wove the cloth that protected them from the changes or the inclemency of the weather. Even at the present day, the Hindoo, seated on the...yet such is the superiority obtained by the use of machinery, that the cotton grown on his native plains can be brought ten thousand miles, cleansed,... | |
 | History - 1849 - 270 страници
...the inhabitants wove the cloth that protected them from the changes or the inclemency of the weather. Even at the present day, the Hindoo, seated on the...yet such is the superiority obtained by the use of machinery, that the cotton grown on his native plains can be brought ten thousand miles, cleansed,... | |
 | Levi Woodbury - 1852 - 450 страници
...attention, it is doubtless destined hereafter to advances similar in rapidity beyond what now exists here ; and of this we have had strong evidence in a spinning...yet, such is the superiority obtained by the use of machinery, that the cotton grown on his native plains can be brought ten thousand miles, cleansed,... | |
 | Levi Woodbury - 1852 - 460 страници
...of illustrating this change, and the grounds of hope for still greater improvement, aided as we arc, and stimulated, rather than satiated, by those already...yet, such is the superiority obtained by the use of machinery, that the cotton grown on his native plains can be brought ten thousand miles, cleansed,... | |
 | John Timbs - 1868 - 454 страници
...wove the cloth that protected them from the changes or the inclemency of the weather. HINDOO WEAVER. . Even at the present day the Hindoo, seated on the...end, produces the most beautiful muslin or calico; yet such is the superiority obtained by the use of machinery, that the cotton grown on his native plains... | |
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... and stimulated, rather than satiated, by those already made. Thus it has been remarked: — "Even at the present day, the Hindoo, seated^ on the ground, with his legs in a hole, and the weft of his muslin tied to the branches of a couple of trees,... 