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Title: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5
"Cosway" to "Coucy"

Author: Various

Release Date: May 8, 2010 [EBook #32294]

Language: English

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Transcriber's notes:

(1) Numbers following letters (without space) like C2 were originally
printed in subscript. When letters are subscripted, they are
preceded by an underscore, like C_n.

(2) Characters following a carat (^) were originally printed in
superscript.

(3) Side-notes were relocated to function as titles of their respective
paragraphs.

(4) The following typographical errors have been corrected:

COTTINGTON: "He signed the surrender of Oxford in July 1646, and
being excepted from the indemnity retired abroad." 'indemnity'
amended from 'idemnity'.

COTTON: "Also, inside the young bolls which had been pierced a
similar proliferation or growth of the tissue was set up ..."
'proliferation' amended from 'poliferation'.

COTTON: "Cotton Buying Company, which, constituted originally of
twenty to thirty limited cotton-spinning companies ..." 'thirty'
amended from 'thrity'.

COTTON: "Though there are local rivalries there is nothing in
competitive division to compare with the northern and southern
sections in America ..." 'competitive' amended from 'cempetitive'.

COTTON: "a good many small manufacturers exist who have little
capital and are practically financed by their agents or customers."
'financed' amended from 'financied'.

COTTON MANUFACTURE: "It is calculated by Professor Hasbach that the
daily wages of spinners are about 5/10 to 6/10 at Oldham ..."
'6/10' amended from '6/'.

COTTON-SPINNING MACHINERY: "Open reeling forms lease, and seven of
these are united in one hank by a lease band which re