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25 relations: Birmingham, Carding, Cotton, Cotton mill, Daniel Bourn, Donkey, Earl of Shaftesbury, Edward Cave, Gristmill, Huguenots, John Kay (spinning frame), John Wyatt (inventor), Lancashire, Leominster, London, Marvel's Mill, Northampton, Patent, Physician, Publishing, Richard Arkwright, River Nene, Spinning (textiles), Thomas Highs, Water frame.
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England, with an estimated population of 1,101,360, making it the second most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.
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Carding
Carding is a mechanical process that disentangles, cleans and intermixes fibres to produce a continuous web or sliver suitable for subsequent processing.
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Cotton
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae.
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Cotton mill
A cotton mill is a factory housing powered spinning or weaving machinery for the production of yarn or cloth from cotton, an important product during the Industrial Revolution when the early mills were important in the development of the factory system.
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Daniel Bourn
Daniel Bourn was an English inventor, who took out a patent for a carding machine with rotating cylinders in 1748.
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Donkey
The donkey or ass (Equus africanus asinus) is a domesticated member of the horse family, Equidae.
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Earl of Shaftesbury
Earl of Shaftesbury is a title in the Peerage of England.
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Edward Cave
Edward Cave (27 February 1691 – 10 January 1754) was an English printer, editor and publisher.
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Gristmill
A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill or flour mill) grinds cereal grain into flour and middlings.
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Huguenots
Huguenots (Les huguenots) are an ethnoreligious group of French Protestants who follow the Reformed tradition.
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John Kay (spinning frame)
John Kay was a clockmaker from Warrington, Lancashire, England, associated with the scandal surrounding invention of the spinning frame in 1767, an important stage in the development of textile manufacturing in the Industrial Revolution.
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John Wyatt (inventor)
John Wyatt (April 1700 – 29 November 1766), an English inventor, was born near Lichfield and was related to Sarah Ford, Doctor Johnson's mother.
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Lancashire
Lancashire (abbreviated Lancs.) is a county in north west England.
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Leominster
Leominster is a market town in Herefordshire, England, and is located at the confluence of the River Lugg and its tributary the River Kenwater, approximately north of the city of Hereford and approx 7 miles south of the Shropshire border, 11 miles from Ludlow in Shropshire.
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London
London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.
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Marvel's Mill
Marvel's Mill or Marvell's Mill on the River Nene in Northampton, England, was the world's second factory for spinning cotton, the first to be operated as a water mill, and the first to be driven by an inanimate power-source.
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Northampton
Northampton is the county town of Northamptonshire in the East Midlands of England.
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Patent
A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state or intergovernmental organization to an inventor or assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for detailed public disclosure of an invention.
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Physician
A physician, medical practitioner, medical doctor, or simply doctor is a professional who practises medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining, or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments.
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Publishing
Publishing is the dissemination of literature, music, or information—the activity of making information available to the general public.
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Richard Arkwright
Sir Richard Arkwright (23 December 1732 – 3 August 1792) was an English inventor and a leading entrepreneur during the early Industrial Revolution.
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River Nene
The River Nene (or: see below) is a river in the east of England that rises from three sources in Northamptonshire.
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Spinning (textiles)
Spinning is the twisting together of drawn-out strands of fibers to form yarn, and is a major part of the textile industry.
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Thomas Highs
Thomas Highs (1718–1803), of Leigh, Lancashire, was a reed-maker and manufacturer of cotton carding and spinning engines in the 1780s, during the Industrial Revolution.
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Water frame
A water frame is a water-powered spinning frame designed for the production of cotton thread, first used in 1768.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Paul
