Textile Development during the Industrial Revolution

Spinning Jenny

Apr 4, 1764

by James Hargreaves, it is the first machine to improve upon the spinning wheel.

Water frame

Jun 4, 1764

by Richard Awkright, it could produce stronger threads and it was the first powered textile machine.

Factories

Apr 4, 1773

First all-cotton textile produced in factories.

Spinning Mule

Apr 4, 1779

by Crompton, it allowed greater control over the weaving process

Cotton goods production

Apr 4, 1787

increased 10 fold since 1770

Textile to U.S.

Apr 4, 1789

Samuel Slater brought textile machinery designs to America and was considered the father of the United States textile industry.

Steam powered textile factory

Apr 4, 1790

Awkright built the first steam powered textile factory in Nottingham England

Cotton Gin

Apr 4, 1792

by Eli Whitney, it automated the seperation of cottonseed from the short-staple cotton fiber

Jacquard Loom

Apr 4, 1804

by Joseph Marie Jacquard, it automatically controls the wrap and weft threads on a silk loom by recording patterns of holes in a string card

Speed batton

Apr 4, 1813

William Horrocks invented the cariable speed batton, an imporoved power loom..

Synthetic dye

Apr 4, 1856

by William Perkin, it gives colors.