Inventions in the textiles industry

Inventions in the textiles industry

1. 3: The Water Frame

   • Date: 1769
   • Inventor: Richard Arkwright of Preston
   • Power Source: Water/Steam
   • Advantages
     • Strong Yarn
     • Made Spinning quicker than Weaving
   • Disadvantages
     • Coarse Yarn
     • Had to be put in a factory

2. 1: The Flying Shuttle

   • Date: 1733
   • Inventor: John Kay of Bury
   • Power Source: Hand
   • Advantages
     • Sped up Weaving meaning more cloth could be spun
     • Only one weaver was needed
   • Disadvantages
     • Threat to some jobs
     • More demand for spun cotton

3. 2: The Spinning Jenny

   • Date: 1767
   • Inventor: James Hargreaves of Blackburn
   • Power Source: Hand
   • Advantages
     • Could be used in peoples homes
     • x8 more yarn than a spinning wheel
   • Disadvantages
     • Threat to some jobs
     • Fine but weak thread

4. 5: The Power Loom

   • Date: 1785
   • Inventor: Edmund Cartwright (Vicar)
   • Power Source: Water/Steam
   • Advantages
     • Sped up weaving
     • Good Quality Yarn
   • Disadvantages
     • 1000's of weavers lost their jobs
       • By 1820
     • Had to be put in a factory
     • At first it was difficult to make it work
       • Improved by William Horrocks and Richard Roberts in the 1800's

5. 4: The Spinning Mule

   • Date: 1779
   • Inventor: Samuel Crompton of Bolton
   • Power Source: Water/Steam
   • Advantages
     • 48 spindles could be spun at once
     • Finer yarn than The Water Frame
     • Stronger yarn than the Spinning Jenny