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Sir Richard Arkwright

Standard Name: Arkwright, Sir Richard

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Residence	Alison Uttley	Castle Top Farm, where AU lived until she was eighteen, was the great influence on her life. A friend said of her seventy-three years living elsewhere that she had been in exile most of...

Timeline

About 1764

James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny after seeing a traditional spinning wheel fall over, with its wheel and spindle turning in the air.

Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.

1769

Richard Arkwright set up a water-powered spinning mill of his own invention near Hockley, Nottingham.

Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.

1 August 1771

Richard Arkwright and David Thornley joined forces with Jedediah Strutt and Samuel Need to rent land on which to set up a factory by the River Derwent at Cromford in Derbyshire, so that Arkwright's...

1775

Richard Arkwright 's latest, duly patented machine proved capable of itself carrying through the entire process of yarn manufacture.

Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.

1779

Samuel Crompton brought together ideas from Richard Arkwright and James Hargreaves to invent the spinning mule.

Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.

11 November 1779

One of Arkwright 's new, highly-mechanized mills for cotton production, at Chorley, Lancashire, was sacked by rioters.

Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.

Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.

49 (1779): 609

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