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Richard Arkwright (1732-1792) Early L ife Richard Arkwright was born in 1732 to an extremely large family. His family was very poor so he had little education and apprenticed for a barber.

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 Inventions

 Spinning Frame Richard Arkwright along with a  clock maker, John Kay, created the  Spinning Frame. Three rollers on the  machine made yarn of specific  thickness, and spindles twisted the <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;"> fibers together. This was improved <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">from the Spinning Jenny, a machine invented earlier.

<span style="color: #4d2c72; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 23px;"> Water Frame <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">The spinning frame improved the strength <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">of the yarn, but was too large to power by <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">hand. Because of this fact, Arkwright had <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">to power the machine by horses. In 1771 he <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">powered the spinning frame by using a water <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;"> wheel. He set up his invention in a factory in <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">Cromford, Derbyshire next to a river.

<span style="color: #446aab; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 250%;">Interesting Facts
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;"> He was knighted in 1786
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;"> He eventually lost the patent for the water frame
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;"> He allowed all cotton materials to be woven for the first time in England
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">Was the first to use the steam engine to power textile machines

<span style="color: #446aab; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 33px; line-height: 48px;">Contributions <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">Richard Arkwright contributed to the Industrial Revolution <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">with his important textile inventions. Because <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">of his work, all cotton material could be woven which greatly <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">changed the textile business. Factories were also influenced <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">by his work.



Works Cited

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Water Frame. 14 Nov 2011. []

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"Sir Richard Arkwright (1732 - 1792)." BBC. 14 Nov 2011. []

"The Water Frame." Spartacus Educational. 14 Nov 2011. []

"Water Frame." Book Rags. Thomson Corporation. 14 Nov 2011. []