Fascinating facts about Richard Arkwright
inventor of a Mechanized Textile Loom
in 1775. |
Richard Arkwright |
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AT A GLANCE:
Richard Arkwright made improvements in the textile loom and in 1775 took
out a patent for a new Carding Engine. Arkwright's machine included a
cylinder carding engine, incorporating a crank and comb mechanism. The
comb moved up and down, removing the carded fibers from the doffing
cylinder in a "continuous filmy fleece". Source:
Spartacus Education
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Inventor: |
Richard
Arlwright (Sir) |
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Criteria: |
First to
invent. First to patent. First practical. Entrepreneur. |
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Birth: |
December
23, 1732 in Preston, Lancashire, England |
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Death: |
August 3,
1792 in Cromford, England |
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Nationality: |
British
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