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1water frame18 sets
2english inventor and entrepreneur who became the wealthiest and most successful textile manufacturer of the early industrial revolution. he invented the water frame, a machine that, with minimal human supervision, could spin several threads at once. (604)13 sets
3invented the waterwheel; used waterpower to improve yarn production6 sets
4invented the water frame6 sets
5created the water frame in the 1780s, a weaving device that employed a new principle. it quickly acquired a capacity of several hundred spindles and demanded much more power-waterpower. the water frame thus required large specialized mills, factories that employed up to 1 thousand workers from the beginning. the water frame could only spin course, strong thread, which was then put out for respinning on hand-powered cottage jennies.5 sets
6inventor of the water frame5 sets
7invented water frame4 sets
8invented the waterframe4 sets
9he invented the water frame2 sets
10english inventor and entrepreneur who became the wealthiest and most successful textile manufacturer of the early industrial revolution. he invented the water frame, a machine that, with minimal human supervision, could spin several threads at once.2 sets
11invented the water frame in 1769.2 sets
12inventor of the spinning frame, which spun stronger, thinner thread2 sets
13water frame- spinning machine powered by water, making the rich more powerful2 sets
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15he created the water frame which helped with water power.1 set
16invented the water frame, which was powered by running water, one of the first alternative energy inventions, thread was stronger but coarser.1 set
17invented the water frame, which could create dozens of long, strong cotton threads at one time; needed to be located near streams, which created mills1 set
18inproved on hargreaves idea and created a large water powered spinning wheel; made long strong cotton threads1 set
19invented the water frame which provided power for the textile machines to operate1 set
20englishman that invented the water frame that lowered the cost of cotton cloth and increased the speed of textile production in 17691 set
21famous for his invention in 1768 called of the water frame,which was powered by a waterwheel.1 set
22english inventor and entrepreneur who became the wealthiest and most successful textile manufacturer of the early industrial revolution. he invented the water frame.1 set
23a barber who solved the problem of using linen, from the flax plan, by inventing the water frame, which made stronger cotton. it used water power to run1 set
24a little after richard arkwright invented the waterframe, used water power to speed up spinning still further1 set
25english inventor, he patented the water powered spinning frame.1 set
26englishman that changed the textile industry with the invention of the water frame, which was a spinning machine powered by a waterwheel1 set
27his water frame (powered by water or horse and provided alternative power) brought about the factory system because of the need to opearate a large machine efficiently by a large amount of unskilled workers1 set
28designed machines for spinning cotton threads in britain; the machines were copied by samuel slater1 set
29invented a way to usewaterpower to drive a machine1 set
30developed the factory system1 set
31englishman that invented a large spinning machine called the water frame.1 set
32first spinning and weaving factory marking the beginning of industrial revolution1 set
33textiles: spinning frame (1769) water powered spinning machine.1 set
34an englishman who in 1769 invented a large spinning machine called a water frame, which could produce dozens of cotton threads at the same time1 set
35(1732–1792) english inventor, he patented the water-powered spinning frame, improving the production of cotton thread.1 set
36an english man who invented a large spinning machine called a water frame1 set
37invented the water frame.1 set
38(1732-1792) inventor of the water frame. although he patented the cotton purification machine, he eventually lost his patent and many manufacturing plants adopted their own versions of his invention to supply the high demand of cotton.1 set
39water powered spinning frame1 set
40water frame - spinning mill driven by water power1 set