 |
 Sir Richard
Arkwright developed a spinning
machine that was powered by water. He
subsequently built several cotton mills that
combined the various manufacturing processes of
machine carding, drawing, roving, and spinning in
one operation. |
 The Spinning Jenny
was one of the machines that launched the
Industrial Revolution and the modern industrial
age. First developed by James Hargreaves in 1764,
it allowed one person to spin several spindles of
thread at one time. |
 Joseph Marie Jacquard
invented an automated loom that used a system of
punched cards with sprung needles that lifted
only those threads corresponding to the punched
pattern on the card. His loom made it possible to
weave patterns of remarkable complexity. |
 Samuel
Slater introduced the water-powered
spinning machine to America in 1790, thus
founding the American textile industry. He also
introduced the factory town concept to America. |
 Eli
Whitney invented the cotton gin, a
machine that could clean the seeds from cotton as
fast as 50 persons working by hand. He later
invented the assembly line process, as well as
many of the tools and machines necessary to turn
out absolutely uniform parts. |
