Textile

Textile

By EliziaLiauw

  • Flying Shuttle

    Flying Shuttle
    Flying Shuttle was invented by John Kay. It is an imporvement to looms that enable weavers to weave faster.

  • Spinning Jenny

    Spinning Jenny
    Spinning Jenny is invented by James Hargreaves. It is the first machine to improve upon the spinning wheel. The machine spins more than one ball of yarn or thread at a time, making it easier and faster to make cloth.

  • Water Frame

    Water Frame
    Water Frame is inveted by Richard Arkwright. It is the first powered textile machine.This water wheel provided way more power than humans, as an outcome this reduced the amount of human labor needed.

  • Spinning Mule

    Spinning Mule
    Samuel Crompton invented the Spinning mule that combined the moving carriage of the spinning jenny with the rollers of the water frame. The spinning mule gave the spinner great control over the weaving process, many different types of yarn could be produced.

  • Power Loom

    Power Loom
    Edmund Cartwright invented the power loom. It is a steam-powered, mechanically-operated version of a regular loom. When the power loom became efficient, women replaced most men as weavers in the textile factories. This loom could improve the speed and quality of weaving. It was improved upon by William Horrocks, known for his invention of the variable speed batton in 1813.

  • First Steam Powered Textile Factory

    First Steam Powered Textile Factory
    The first steam powered textile factory was established by Arkwright in Nottingham, England.

  • Cotton Gin

    Cotton Gin
    Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin in 1792. It is a machine that automated the separation of cottonseed forom the short-staple cotton fiber. The cotton gin revolutionized the cotton industry in the United States. Simple seed-removing devices have been around for centuries, however, Eli Whitney's invention automated the seed separation process.

  • Jacquard Loom

    Jacquard Loom
    Joseph Marie Jacquard invented the Jacquard Loom in 1804 that weaved complex designs. It is an improved textile loom. Jacquard invented a way of automatically controlling the warp and weft threads on a silk loom by recording patterns of holes in a string of cards.

  • variable speed batton

    variable speed batton
    William Horrocks inventd the variable speed batton (for an improved power loom) in 1813.

  • Synthetic Dye

    Synthetic Dye
    William Perkin invented the first synthetic dye in 1856. It was originally called aniline purple, but was renamed mauve (French for the mallow flower) when it reached a peak of popularity.