Arkwright, Sir Richard
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A short biographical encyclopedia entry on Sir Richard Arkwright, inventor of machinery for spinning and carding cotton. It traces his path from barber at Wirksworth to cotton-spinning entrepreneur, mentioning John Kay the clockmaker, his patent, his partnership and mills at Nottingham and Cromford, his knighthood in 1786, and his death in 1793.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1803
- Language
- English
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