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Cotton: King of Crops in Georgia Fact sheet about the history of cotton cultivation, the invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney, the inventive uses of cotton during the Industrial Revolution in the US, the appearance of the Boll Weevil which severely damaged cotton production, and c http://www.georgiacottoncommission.org/images/E0010401/brochure.pdf Georgiacottoncommission.org  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   Flax Page Web site of the North Dakota State University containing the history and industrial uses of flax, links to article search and a catalog of photographs. http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/agnic/flax/ Ndsu.edu  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   Flax as an Object for Studying Social History. Blog by Josh MacFadyen started to collect stories pertaining to flax processing and manufacturing in North America between the mid 19th Century and the Great Depression. Links to papers and related sites. http://flaxhistory.wordpress.com/about/ Wordpress.com  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   The History of Flax Use in New Zealand Short article about the history of flax plants and fibers the Maori people used as a raw material for clothing, food gathering, hunting, fishing, homeware and medicine, long before the arrival of European settlers. Links to linen weaving and dyeing. Auth http://www.alibrown.co.nz/history-of-nz-flax.html Alibrown.co.nz  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   Carbon Fiber History Short history of carbon fiber, from Thomas Edison's invention and use of carbon filaments for early light bulbs in 1879 to its current applications as reinforcement material for composites. From the Carbon Fiber Info web site. http://www.carbon-fiber-hood.net/cf-history Carbon-fiber-hood.net  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   Linen Excerpt of The Linen Industry in North Lancashire and Cumbria, 1660-1830, presenting the history of the flax cultivation and linen textile industry of North-West England. Author: Margaret Robinson. http://www.cumbria-industries.org.uk/linen.htm Cumbria-industries.org.uk  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   A Short Cultural History of Linen The history of flax cultivation from the ancient Egyptians in 5000 BC to the present, including a description of linen fibers extraction and processing. From The Linen Weavers' web site. http://www.die-leinenweber.de/linen-cultural-history-en_10.html Die-leinenweber.de  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   Cotton - A History Collection of short narratives about the history of cotton, from pre-history to the present, in trade and industry, and its role in slavery and African culture. From the New Internationalist Magazine. http://www.newint.org/features/2007/04/01/history/ Newint.org  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   A House Divided, America in the Age of Lincoln Chicago Historical Society's web site about the history of the American Civil War, including the slave trade and its importance in the development of the US cotton growing and textile industries. Extensive slide show on slavery and the cotton industry, a http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/ahd/index.html Uh.edu  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   Mohair - The Diamond Fiber The history of mohair and angora fiber uses and goat breeding, from biblical times to the present day. From the Singing Falls web site. http://www.singingfalls.com/mohair.html Singingfalls.com  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check