The story of textiles; a bird's-eye view of the history of the beginning and the growth of the industry by which mankind is clothed . rote, and the reason thatI have not put them forward is the bad treatment whichI had from woolen and cotton factories in different partsof England many years ago. And then I applied to Parlia-ment, and they would not assist me in my affairs, whichobliged me to go abroad to get money to pay my debtsand support my family. With the hope of securing a reward from the govern-ment, he later returned to England, but, failing in his efforts,he again took up his residenc
The story of textiles; a bird's-eye view of the history of the beginning and the growth of the industry by which mankind is clothed . rote, and the reason thatI have not put them forward is the bad treatment whichI had from woolen and cotton factories in different partsof England many years ago. And then I applied to Parlia-ment, and they would not assist me in my affairs, whichobliged me to go abroad to get money to pay my debtsand support my family. With the hope of securing a reward from the govern-ment, he later returned to England, but, failing in his efforts,he again took up his residence in France, where he diedin obscurity and actual want. His inventions with modi-fications are, however, in use to this day. One of the improvements was made by his son Robert,who worked out the drop-box in 1760, by which manydifferent kinds of weft could be worked into the samefabric, and figured goods thus be produced. In fact, a strain of inventive genius seems to have runthrough the Kay family, for Robert, too, was constantlyworking upon textile inventions; and some of his inven-tions, in modified form, are in use to-day. p. J O H >J K AY OF B V R Y THE STORY OF TEXTILES 77 PAUL AND WYATT Lewis Paul and John Wyatt, other early inventors aboutwhom little is known, originated the principle of spinningby rollers, and took out their first patents June 24, patent is thus described: The wool or cotton beingprepared, one end of the roving is put between a pair ofrollers, which by their motion draw in the cotton to bespun, and a suction of other rollers moving proportionatelyfaster than the first draws the roving into any degree offineness which may be required. Although two cottonmills, one at Birmingham and the other on a larger scaleat Northampton, were built in 1741, to operate under thepatent, neither was successful. Lewis Paul took out apatent on a carding machine Aug. 30, 1748, and on June29, 1758, he patented his spinning machinery. JAMES HARGREAVES The first pr
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