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Cotton

Plant fiber from the genus Gossypium

For other uses, see Cotton (disambiguation).

Cotton (from Arabic qutn) is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose, and can contain minor percentages of waxes, fats, pectins, and water. Under natural conditions, the cotton bolls will increase the dispersal of the seeds.

The plant is a shrub native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world, including the Americas, Africa, Egypt and India. The greatest diversity of wild cotton species is found in Mexico, followed by Australia and Africa.^[1] Cotton was independently domesticated in the Old and New Worlds.^[2]

The fiber is most often spun into yarn or thread and used to make a soft, breathable, and durable textile. The use of cotton for fabric is known to date to prehistoric times; fragments of cotton fabric dated to the fifth millennium BC have been found in the Indus Valley civilizat

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Cotton Mather

Cotton Mather (1663-1729), son of Increase Mather and grandson of John Cotton, was a third generation American Puritan who did more than any of his contemporaries to perpetuate the vision of the founding fathers.

Entering Harvard at 12, his youth was remarkable for its precocity. At 19 he became assistant to his father in the 1,500 strong Second Church of Boston (the then chief city in America) and when he was 25 no-one questioned his ability to lead the church during his father’s 4-years’ absence in England.

During his 47 years of ministry the pattern of his life was unchanged. To a remarkable extent he combined public activity (especially in preaching and philanthropic work) with a life of prayer and study. His role as ‘a vigorous defender of the Reformed doctrines of grace’ (which contributed to a family breach with Harvard) and his personal idiosyncracies (usually magnified by critics) brought him into trouble with some of his contemporaries, but the full exposure of his life to the world in his Diaries (published 1911) undeniably con

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Biography

Arthur Cotton was born on 15 May 1803, the tenth son of Henry Calvely Cotton, and one of eleven brothers. In 1818, aged 15, he became a cadet at the East India Company’s Military Seminary at Addiscombe. At the end of 1819 he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Madras Engineers.

Lieutenant Cotton started his career with the Ordnance Survey in Wales in January 1820 where he received a high praises for his admirable reports. In 1821 he was appointed for service in India, where he was initially attached to the Chief Engineer to Madras. He was later appointed as an Assistant Engineer to Superintending Engineer of Tank Department, Southern Division from 1822 to 1824. Cotton spent partly in the Irrigation Tank Department and partly in Military duties in Burma.

Tombstone of Sir Arthur Cotton

After return from Burma, Cotton has conducted marine survey of Pamban passage between Indiaand Ceylon. Cotton was promoted to the rank of “Captain” in 1828 and was in charge of Investigation for Cauveri Scheme. The Cauveri Anicut( dam) was successful and