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SECOND TIME GINNING [1 record]

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Record 1 2004-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Techniques and Processes
  • Cotton Industry
DEF

The removal of the short fibers adhering to the cotton seed.

CONT

Second-time ginning of cotton. It is done in the large cities of the South, and not on the plantation or community gin where first-time ginning occurs. Delinted fibers are very short, brown in color, and when refined serve as a raw material in the manufacture of acetate and rayon.

Key term(s)
  • second time ginning

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques industrielles
  • Industrie cotonnière
OBS

Du coton.

Spanish

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