The English textile industry was revolutionized by Richard Arkwright 's water frame spinning machine. Using the water frame, wool and cotton yarn could be spun faster and more efficiently than with a spinning wheel or spinning jenny--all without the...

1743-1823 English Inventor Edmund Cartwright was the inventor of a mechanical weaving loom that could be operated by horses, a waterwheel, or a steam engine. By 1791 this machine could be operated by an unskilled person (usually a child), who could...

Edward (Edmund) Cartwright (April 24, 1743 in Marnham, Nottinghamshire – October 30, 1823 in Hastings, Sussex) was an English clergyman and inventor of the power loom. He was a clergyman of the Church of England and lived at Marnham in...