textile timeline

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    Textile Invention Timeline

  • Spinning Jenny

    James Hargreaves invented Spinning Jenny to reduce the amount of work to produce yarn
  • Water Frame

    Richard Arkwright created Water Frame, which has higher rotating speed and greater power than spinning jenny
  • Spinning Mule

    Samuel Crompton invented this machine, used for spinning cotton and other fibres that has great power and doesn’t have a large amount of time to spin cotton.
  • Power Loom

    A mechanised loom powered by a line shaft that operated automatically created by Edmund Cartwright
  • Sewing Machine

    Thomas Saint invented the Sewing Machine which is so much faster when stitching materials together
  • Cotton Gin

    Eli Whitney invented the machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds
  • Jacquard Loom

    Joseph Marie Jacquard created this tools which helps the process of manufacturing textiles with complex patterns such as brocade, damask and matelassé.
  • Synthetic Dye