Cotton gin

Note: The following text is taken from a 19th-century collection catalog and, in its language and perspective, partially reflects colonial thought patterns. We present the text in its original version to make the collection's history transparent and promote a critical examination of the colonial legacy. Certain terms and formulations may be perceived as problematic today. A 2009 research project concluded that most descriptions are factually correct and still usable; only a few details were found to be inaccurate or incorrect. The results of this project were published in the following collection catalog: khm-wmw-tm-library.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1457155265"528. Cotton roller - "Lelusang" A machine to crush the seeds of cotton. It is made of two small rollers half a "shoe" long, of hard wood which are fastened one above the other in a wooden frame so that they can be brought close together and then pulled apart again. At the side there is a crank with an endless screw by which the rollers can be set in motion. The cotton fibres containing seeds are pushed through the two rollers by hand whereby the fibres are freed from the seeds as the latter are crushed and fall away."Translation of: Czurda, F. A. J. (1883). Catalog mit Erklärungen der Etnografischen Privatsammlung des Dr. F. A. J. Czurda in Postelberg (Böhmen). (p. 135-136). Wien, Wilhelm Braumüller