Arkwright invented a water-powered cotton-spinning machine that became the basis for huge cotton mills and eventually the modern factory system. Born in England to a large, poor family, Arkwright ...

Richard Arkwright was born in 1732, the 13th child of a Preston tailor. He never went to school, but was taught by his cousin, became apprenticed to a barber, and set up shop in Bolton. Then, thinking ...

v. 1: Engineering drawing practice -- Windmills, their rise and decline -- Pumps and water-raising machinery -- Water-driven prime-movers -- Richard Arkwright, inventor and organizer -- Spinning and ...

ON December 14 at the Science Museum a public lecture was given by Mr. F. Nasmith, under the auspices of the Newcomen Society, to commemorate the bicentenary of the birth of Sir Richard Arkwright, the ...