. History of the cotton manufacture in Great Britain : with a notice of its early history in the East, and in all the quarters of the globe : a description of the great mechanical inventions, which have caused its unexampled extension in Britain, and a view of the present state of the manufacture and the condition of the classes engaged in its several departments. bj > Ed ^ 5 - | ^ ~^ 5 N K 5 5 - £ £ -^. -. ^ £ji s g g r \i o P b N | 1 1 B3 ~- N H 3. tp a- c I - THE COTTON MANUFACTURE. 153 screwing of which tight or easy causes the bobbins to wind up thethread faster or slower, s, the four
. History of the cotton manufacture in Great Britain : with a notice of its early history in the East, and in all the quarters of the globe : a description of the great mechanical inventions, which have caused its unexampled extension in Britain, and a view of the present state of the manufacture and the condition of the classes engaged in its several departments. bj > Ed ^ 5 - | ^ ~^ 5 N K 5 5 - £ £ -^. -. ^ £ji s g g r \i o P b N | 1 1 B3 ~- N H 3. tp a- c I - THE COTTON MANUFACTURE. 153 screwing of which tight or easy causes the bobbins to wind up thethread faster or slower, s, the four whirls of the spindles, t, thefour Spindles, which run in iron plates, v, explained in letter , a wooden frame of the whole machine. Such is the original of the present water-frame andthrostle. It was afterwards greatly improved byArkwright himself; and, when horse-power was ex-changed for water-power, the number of spindles in theframe was multiplied. The original machine wasadapted only to perform the last operation in spinning,namely, reducing the rovings into yarn; but it waseasily applicable to the process of roving itself, as willsubsequently appear. It is remarkable that the inventor,in his application for a patent, described himself as Richard Arkwright, of Nottingham, cloclcmalcer.*He and his partners erected a mill at Nottingham,which was driven by horses; but this mode of turningthe machinery being found too expensive, they builtan
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