Arkwright

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• V ARKWRIGHT AND THE SPINNING-JENNY 1732-1792 All the great English inventors have sprung from families of small means, and have had to work for their living. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• This was mainly due to Arkwright, a contemporary of Hargreaves. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Arkwright built a mill there in 1780, and it prospered exceedingly, in spite of the fact that he no longer had the protection of his patents. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Arkwright withdrew the other suits he had started, and wrote and published his Case, in order to set forth to the world the truth of his claims. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The completed inventions of Arkwright and others, combined with Watt's steam engine, revolutionised trade, and resulted in the establishment of mills and factories. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• It is a remarkable coincidence that Watt's steam engine patent and Arkwright's first patent for his spinning machine were issued in the same year--1769. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Arkwright was ill with asthma during many of the years when he was fighting for his fortune, and time and again it seemed as if his strength must fail before the task he had undertaken. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Papin, and Hargreaves, and Arkwright all learned what such resistance meant. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• When this was finished Arkwright went with it to Preston, and there set up his spinning-frame and began to use it in a room of the house that belonged to the Free Grammar School. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Lowell of Boston, who had been studying the art of spinning and weaving in England and Scotland and the inventions of Arkwright and Crompton, to establish in 1813 at Waltham, Mass. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Wigs were the fashion, and Arkwright had an excellent process, and was an energetic and resourceful dealer. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Hargreaves was in the midst of his troubles and his early triumphs, in 1765-1769, when Richard Arkwright entered the field. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Within twenty years after the introduction of Arkwright's machines in the United States there were a hundred mills there with a hundred thousand spindles. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Richard Arkwright, born at Preston, in Lancashire, December 23, 1732, was no exception to this rule. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The customs officers immediately began to levy the duty on the products of Arkwright’s mills, claiming that the goods were in reality calicoes, although they were made in England. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.

Typist: Owen