MACHINERY IN THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY

JOHN KAY’S FLYING SHUTTLE, 1733 Could weave wider cloth Could weave faster so greater production More expensive Needs a larger space Threatened weavers jobs

JAMES HARGREAVES SPINNING JENNY, 1765 Could spin many threads at once Produced quite coarse/rough yarn Threat to traditional jobs

RICHARD ARKWRIGHT’S WATER FRAME, 1769 Spun stronger yarn but quite coarse/rough Operated by water power so need to be in a factory Threatened traditional jobs

SAMUEL CROMPTON’S SPINNING MULE Made finer cloth for more expensive cloth Could produce much more as a large-scale machine Threat to traditional jobs

EDMUND CARTWIGHT’S POWER LOOM, 1785 Weaving could now take places in factories so mass production possible Skilled weavers lost their livelihoods