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The invention was called the "New Engine or Machine for Opening and Dressing Wool.” A single weaver could make wide fabrics use the flying shuttle. When the weaver jerked the cord, paddles would shoot the shuttle on wheels in a track from side to side. Weavers could weave faster and their productivity increased. Source:
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The machine was created in order to eliminate the bottleneck where spinners could not produce thread at the rate that weavers were using it. It initially could spin 16 spindles of thread. Source:
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The invention was an improvement of Hargreaves' spinning jenny and also the first factory machine of cotton textile manufacturing. Powered by water, it could produce cotton fabric free of linen fiber. Source:
The Heritage of World Civilizations, Craig et al. -
The device was a combination of Hargreaves' Spinning Jenny and Arkwright's water frame, hence the name "mule" or hybrid. It spun finer, stronger quality yarn at a more continuous pace. Source:
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He decided to invent this in order to improve upon the weaving machines he saw when he visited Arkwright's cotton-spinning mills. Cartwright made little money from the patent and lost his factory. Source:
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His invention improved the efficiency of removing seeds from cotton, made cotton a profitable crop, and had a dramatic influence on the economy of the South. Source:
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His improved textile loom could create intricately weaved patterns with the use of punched cards that controlled the weaving. The process allowed ordinary workmen to create beautiful products. Source:
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He improved upon Cartwright's original power loom and "featured a more effective way of winding the woven cloth onto a beam at the back of the loom." Source:
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/TEXloom.htm
