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Tuesday Afternoon's JournalThe Industrial Revolution
Several inventions in textile machinery occurred in a relatively short time period during the industrial revolution.
1733 Flying shuttle invented by John Kay - an improvement to looms that enabled weavers to weave faster.
1742 Cotton mills were first opened in England.
1764 Spinning jenny invented by James Hargreaves - the first machine to improve upon the spinning wheel.
1764 Water frame invented by Richard Arkwright - the first powered textile machine.
1769Arkwright patented the water frame.
1770Hargreaves patented the Spinning Jenny.
1773The first all-cotton textiles were produced in factories.
1779Crompton invented the spinning mule that allowed for greater control over the weaving process.
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin.
Eli Whitney was the inventor of the cotton gin and a pioneer in the mass production of cotton. Whitney was born in Westboro, Massachusetts on December 8, 1765 and died on January 8, 1825. He graduated from Yale College in 1792. By April 1793, Whitney had designed and constructed the cotton gin, a machine that automated the separation of cottonseed from the short-staple cotton fiber.
gawdamn yeehaw
gawdamn yeehaw!
Shit. I have to change attire.
and doesn't have anything worthwhile to say in either.
he had a dream not, a nightmare.
count me among the ones who will not go near the place and am glad it is out of the scroll --
you have my respect and my sympathy.
but, what if the group only has One Host?
I would think Religion needs to be extra careful to make sure that it has equal number of A&A and Believers as Hosts, right?
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