Image Number K7554-9

Chemical engineer Don Brushwood prepares to insert a cotton sample, called a web, into an experimental sticky cotton thermodetector. Developed at Clemson, south Carolina, the device can measure stickiness in up to 20 webs an hour, for 120 to 160 cotton samples in an 8-hour day.

Photo by Ken Hammond.

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