Significant events leading to the development of high speed measurements of cotton fiber strength

Abstract

This report is a companion to one published in the Winter)996 issue of Textile Topics; relating to the development of the micronaire test.[18] As with the previous report, former colleagues in the USDA AMS Cotton Division provided critical file copies and published references needed to document the information in this report. Special gratitude goes to Mr. S. R. Griffith of the Washington Management Staff and to Dr. H. H. Ramey in the Cotton Division office of the DeputY Director fot Field Operations; these men ca:ntributed a major portion of the , information referenced here