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A Northrop loom manufactured by Draper Corporation in the textile museum, Lowell, Massachusetts. A power loom is a mechanized loom, and was one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving during the early Industrial Revolution. The first power loom was designed and patented in 1785 by Edmund Cartwright. [1]
Cartwright's invention, nicknamed "Big Ben," was originally patented in April 1790, with subsequent patents following in December 1790 and May 1792 as the machine's design was refined by Cartwright. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 5 ] [ 4 ] This machine is the first example of mechanization of the wool combing stage of the textile manufacturing process, and a ...
Edmund Cartwright FSA (24 April 1743 – 30 October 1823) was an English inventor. [1] He graduated from Oxford University and went on to invent the power loom . Married to local Elizabeth McMac at 19, he was the brother of Major John Cartwright , a political reformer and radical, and George Cartwright , explorer of Labrador.
In 1784, Edmund Cartwright invented the power loom, [11] and produced a prototype in the following year. His initial venture to exploit this technology failed, although his advances were recognised by others in the industry.
Britain had more well-established networks of entrepreneurs and inventors than France had, which lacked such networks. Through a discussion in one of these networks, the power loom was invented in 1784 in England. Five years later was the French Revolution, followed by an Anglo-French war, which ballooned Britain's national debt by 100 times ...
Many improvements in loom mechanisms were first applied to hand looms (like the dandy loom), and only later integrated into power looms. Edmund Cartwright built and patented a power loom in 1785, and it was this that was adopted by the nascent cotton industry in England.
William Radcliffe (1761?, in Mellor, Derbyshire – 20 May 1842, in Stockport [1]) was a British inventor and author of the essay Origin of the New System of Manufacture, Commonly Called Power Loom Weaving.
The increased supply of muslin inspired developments in loom design such as Edmund Cartwright's power loom. Some spinners and handloom weavers opposed the perceived threat to their livelihood: there were frame-breaking riots and, in 1811–13, the Luddite riots.