spinning cotton built at
Birmingham; moved by asses; but not successful.
1748--Patent on a cylinder card as first used by hand,
granted Lewis Paul.
1750--Fly shuttle in general use in England.
1756--Cotton velvets and quiltings first made in
England.
1760--Stock cards first used for cotton by J. Hargreave.
Drop box invented by Kay.
1762-67--Spinning-jenny invented by Hargreave.
1769--Arkwright obtains his first patent on spinning.
1774--Bill passed in England to prevent the export of
cotton machinery.
1775--Second patent of Arkwright on carding, drawing,
and spinning.
1779--Mule spinning invented by Crompton. Peele's patent
on carding, roving, and spinning.
1782--Date of Watt's patent for the steam-engine.
1783--Bounty granted in England for the export of
certain cotton goods.
1785--Power loom invented by Cartwright. Cylinder
printing invented by Bell. A warp stop-motion described
in Cartwright's patent.
1788--First cotton factory built in the United States,
at Beverly.
1789--Sea Island cotton first planted in the United
States. Samuel Slater starts cotton machinery in New
York.
1790--First cotton factory built in Rhode Island by
Slater.
1792--First American loom patent granted to Kirk and
Leslie.
1794--Cotton-gin patented by Eli Whitney.
1801--Date given for invention of the Jacquard machine
in France.
1803--Dressing machine and warper invented in England by
Radcliffe, Ross, and Johnson.
1804--First cotton mill built in New Hampshire, at New
Ipswich.
1805--Power loom successfully introduced in England
after many failures.
1806--First cotton mill built in Connecticut, at
Pomfret.
1809--First cotton mill built in Maine, at Brunswick.
1812--First cotton mill built at Fall River.
1814--Cotton opener with lap attachment invented in
England by Creighton.
1815--Power loom introduced into the United States at
Waltham.
1816--First loom temple of Ira Draper patented in the
United States.
1818--Machinery for preparing sewing cotton invented in
England by Holt.
1822--First cotton factory erected at Lowell.
1823--Differential motion for roving frames patented by
Arnold. First export of raw cotton from Egypt to
England.
1824--Tu
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