Richard Arkwright (1732-1792), British industrialist and inventor. Arkwright was the inventor of textile manufacturing machinery which included the first practical means of mechanical spinning using rollers. The invention of the spinning machine revolutionised the production of yarn and led to rapid mechanisation of textile manufacturing throughout Britain. It also made Arkwright a very wealthy man. (Coloured black and white print). | |
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