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2. 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.

3. Hand spinning - Wikipedia

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   At roughly the same time, Richard Arkwright and a team of craftsmen developed the spinning frame, which produced a stronger thread than the spinning jenny. Too large to be operated by hand, a spinning frame powered by a waterwheel became the water frame. In 1779, Samuel Crompton combined elements of the spinning jenny and water frame to create ...

4. Spinning frame - Wikipedia

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   Richard Arkwright employed John Kay to produce a new spinning machine that Kay had worked on with (or possibly stolen from) another inventor named Thomas Highs. [2] With the help of other local craftsmen, including Peter Atherton, the team developed the spinning frame, which produced a stronger thread than the spinning jenny invented by James Hargreaves. [3]

5. Spinning jenny - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 December 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 ...

6. Picture frame - Wikipedia

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   View of a frame-maker's workshop, oil on canvas, circa 1900 The elaborate decoration on this frame may be made by adhering molded plaster pieces to the wood base.. A picture frame is a container that borders the perimeter of a picture, and is used for the protection, display, and visual appreciation of objects and imagery such as photographs, canvas paintings, drawings and prints, posters ...

7. John Kay (flying shuttle) - Wikipedia

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   Kay remained inventive; in 1746 he was working on an efficient method of salt production, [35] and designing improvements to spinning technology: but that made him unpopular among Bury spinners. [34] Also, fly-shuttle use was becoming widespread in weaving, [36] increasing cotton yarn demand and its price; and Kay was blamed. [37]