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TEXTILES. Colin Daly||Tyler Yuen||Erica Lim. FAMOUS PEOPLE . John Kay - invented the flying shuttle James Hargreaves - invented the spinning jenny Richard Arkwright - improved the water frame and opened a spinning mill Samuel Crompton - invented the spinning mule

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  1. TEXTILES Colin Daly||Tyler Yuen||Erica Lim

  2. FAMOUS PEOPLE • John Kay - invented the flying shuttle • James Hargreaves - invented the spinning jenny • Richard Arkwright - improved the water frame and opened a spinning mill • Samuel Crompton - invented the spinning mule • Edward Cartwright - invented the power loom • Eli Whitey - invented the cotton gin

  3. ADVANCEMENTS Flying shuttle • Cord mechanism that moved the woof thread more rapidly across the loom • Allowed weavers to weave faster than spinners could on their spinning wheels

  4. ADVANCEMENTS Spinning Jenny • Named after his wife • This machine could produce eight times as much thread as a single spinning wheel

  5. ADVANCEMENTS Water Frame • Spinning machine driven by waterpower. • Was large and expensive– Arkwright opened a spinning mill • Brought workers and machines together in one place to make goods • Created many jobs

  6. ADVANCEMENTS Spinning Mule • Combination of spinning jenny and water frame • Made it possible for a single operator to work more than 1,000 spindles simultaneously. • Allowed many different types of yarn to be produced.

  7. ADVANCEMENTS Power Loom • Loom powered by water • Loom: device used to weave cloth • Could weave as much cloth as 200 hand loom operators

  8. ADVANCEMENTS Cotton Gin • Separated seeds from the cotton • Could do the work of 50 people.

  9. Factories • Water power LABOR SOURCE

  10. PREDICTIONS ON THE IMPACT OF GREAT BRITAIN • More jobs • Production increase • Lower Prices • Increased trade • Wealth Increase-- Improved Economy

  11. MORE PREDICTIONS How it will spread to other countries? • Trade How will it impact other countries? • British textile success will lead to US cotton industry success • Other countries will follow suit through observing success= factories all over Europe • Trade alliances will be created with other countries

  12. WHY ARE TEXTILES THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR? • First to be industrialized • Pioneer • Cloth/textiles are needed and used by all

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