Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Carding machine for cotton]
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Accession number:
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5773
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Record number:
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5773-1
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JCB call number:
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BC772 A861v
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Image title:
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[Carding machine for cotton]
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Creator 1:
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Villavico.
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Creator 1 role:
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Sc.
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Place image published:
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[Mexico]
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Image publisher:
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[José de Jauregui]
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Image date:
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1772
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Image function:
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illustration; p. [65]
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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7.8 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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9.7 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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20.2 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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14.7 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Description:
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Man works a carding machine for cotton. Includes cotton fiber, treadle, wheel, and grinding mechanism. Items in the image are lettered for identification in following text.
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Source Title:
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Asuntos varios sobre ciencias, y artes. Obra periódica ... por D. Josef Antonio de Alzate, y Ramirez.
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Source place of publication:
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Impresa en México
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Source publisher:
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En la Imprenta de la Biblioteca Mexicana del Lic. D. Josef de Jauregui, en la Calle de San Bernardo
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Source date:
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[1772-1773]
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notes:
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Text, published by José Antonio de Alzate y Ramírez as the ninth part of a Mexican scientific periodical, describes the workings of a cotton carding machine.The engraver may be Manuel Villavico who engraved maps in Mexico in the 1780s.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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Subject matter:
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inventions
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1909.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
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Spanish America
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject headings:
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Inventions--Mexico
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Subject headings:
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Cotton manufacture--Mexico
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Subject headings:
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Mexican periodicals--Mexico--Mexico City
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