Wheels are Spinning: The Potential of Industrialization History 104 / February 20, 2013
Thomas Malthus ( )
Processing cotton: the spinning jenny (1767) James Hargreaves, ca
Processing cotton: the power loom
Processing cotton: the cotton gin Eli Whitney ( )
British textile production in high gear, 1835
The “putting out” system
Concentration in factories
Richard Arkwright ( ) “Arkwright mills”
Harnessing steam: James Watt ( )
The “iron horse”
The “Manchester School” of economists Richard Cobden ( )
Robert Peel (Conservative/Tory) British prime minister, ,
Friedrich List ( )