1. MACHINERY IN THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY

2. 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

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

4. 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

5. 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

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