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HISTORY OF SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT OF
THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY TIMELINE
1733 |
Kay patented the Flying Shuttle. |
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1730 |
1742 |
Cotton mills were opened at Birmingham and Northampton. |
1743 |
Lancashire mill owners imported East India yarns to improve the quality of textiles |
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1740 |
1753 |
An angry mob of weavers wrecked Kay's house. |
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1750 |
1764 |
Hargreaves designed the Spinning Jenny.
Arkwright designed the Water Frame. |
1768 |
An angry mob destroyed Arkwright's mill at Chorely |
1769 |
Arkwright patented the Water Frame. |
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1760 |
1770 |
Hargreaves patented the Spinning Jenny. |
1771 |
Arkwright opened his mill at Cromford. |
1773 |
The first all-cotton textiles were produced. |
1779 |
Crompton designed the Spinning Mule. |
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1770 |
1783 |
Arkwright's mill at Masson was opened. |
1785 |
Cartwright patented the power loom. |
1787 |
Cotton goods production was 10 times more than in 1770. |
1789 |
Samuel Slater brought textile machinery design to the US. |
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1780 |
1790 |
Arkwright's steam powered factory was built in Nottingham. |
1792 |
Grimshaw's factory in Manchester was destroyed by an angry mob of weavers and spinners.
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. |
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1790 |
1804 |
Joseph Marie Jacquard invented a device using punched card to weave complex designs. |
1806 |
English textile mills were forced to close down as supplies of cotton from the US South ran short. |
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1800 |
1813 |
Horrocks invented the speed batton |
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1810 |
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