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  2. Textile manufacture during the British Industrial Revolution

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    Early industrialized region at Barmen in the Wupper Valley, 1870 - painting by August von Wille. Textile manufacture during the British Industrial Revolution was centred in south Lancashire and the towns on both sides of the Pennines in the United Kingdom. The main drivers of the Industrial Revolution were textile manufacturing, iron founding ...

  3. Flying shuttle - Wikipedia

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    The flying shuttle is a type of weaving shuttle. It was a pivotal advancement in the mechanisation of weaving during the initial stages of the Industrial Revolution, and facilitated the weaving of considerably broader fabrics, enabling the production of wider textiles. Moreover, its mechanical implementation paved the way for the introduction ...

  4. Spinning jenny - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 September 2024. Multi-spool spinning frame Model of spinning jenny in the Museum of Early Industrialisation, Wuppertal, Germany. The spinning jenny is a multi- spindle spinning frame, and was one of the key developments in the industrialisation of textile manufacturing during the early Industrial ...

  5. John Kay (flying shuttle) - Wikipedia

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    John Kay (17 June 1704 – c. 1779) was an English inventor whose most important creation was the flying shuttle, which was a key contribution to the Industrial Revolution. He is often confused with his namesake, [10][11] who built the first "spinning frame".

  6. Cotton-spinning machinery - Wikipedia

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    Cotton-spinning machinery is machines which process (or spin) prepared cotton roving into workable yarn or thread. [1] Such machinery can be dated back centuries. During the 18th and 19th centuries, as part of the Industrial Revolution cotton-spinning machinery was developed to bring mass production to the cotton industry.

  7. Richard Arkwright - Wikipedia

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    Sir Richard Arkwright (23 December 1732 – 3 August 1792) was an English inventor and a leading entrepreneur during the early Industrial Revolution.He is credited as the driving force behind the development of the spinning frame, known as the water frame after it was adapted to use water power; and he patented a rotary carding engine to convert raw cotton to 'cotton lap' prior to spinning.

  8. Peter Atherton (manufacturer) - Wikipedia

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    Peter Atherton (1741 – 16 August 1799) was a British inventor, entrepreneur, and cotton mill proprietor. [1] Renowned for his pioneering work as a designer and manufacturer of textile machinery during the early Industrial Revolution, [2] [3] Atherton began his career by assisting Richard Arkwright and John Kay in developing the ground-breaking spinning frame in the late 1760s.

  9. Stocking frame - Wikipedia

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    Stocking frame at Ruddington Framework Knitters' Museum. A stocking frame was a mechanical knitting machine used in the textiles industry. It was invented by William Lee of Calverton near Nottingham in 1589. Its use, known traditionally as framework knitting, was the first major stage in the mechanisation of the textile industry, and played an ...