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William Radcliffe is a British inventor and author of the essay Origin of the New System of Manufacture, Commonly Called Power loom Weaving. He was born in 1760 and died in 1842. For other uses, see Inventor (disambiguation). ...
1760 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
Biography Born in 1760, Radcliffe came from a modest family which made the transition from farming to weaving. His father taught William about carding and spinning. In 1785, the younger Radcliffe purchased several spinning machines that had been developed by James Hargreaves. (Hargreaves machines, called the spinning jenny, were the first wholly successful improvement on the age-old spinning wheel. Its advantage was to multiply many times the amount of yarn that could be spun by a single operator. This development and others such as weavers being able to rely on uninterrupted supplies of yarn led to spinning being concentrated in factories. 1760 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Carding Llama hair Carding is the processing of brushing raw or washed fibers to prepare them as textiles. ...
Spinning refers to several activities: For the fabrication of thread, see Spinning (textiles). ...
1785 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
James Hargreaves (1720 – 22 April 1778) was a weaver, carpenter, and an inventor in Lancashire, England. ...
Model of the spinning jenny in a museum in Wuppertal, Germany The spinning jenny is a multi-spool spinning wheel. ...
A spinning wheel is a device for making thread or yarn from fibrous material such as wool or cotton. ...
Yarn Spools of thread Yarn is a long continuous length of interlocked fibers, suitable for use in the production of textiles, sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving, crewel embroidery and ropemaking. ...
In 1789, Radcliffe opened a large cotton weaving factory at Mellor, in Lancashire, England.Radcliffe further streamlined the process by inventing a machine to improve the quality of cloth. In 1804 he also invented a ratchet (device) wheel that moved the cloth forward automatically. Radcliffe also contributed to the debate amongst entrepreneurs on what constituted profits in a capitalist system. In a May 1, 1804 letter which was never sent but later published in an 1811 book called Letters on the Evils of the Exportation of Cotton Yarns, Radcliffe said he regarded profit as being made up of two parts: interest on money and a sort of entrepreneurial wage.” Mellor is a village situated in the Borough of Ribble Valley in Lancashire, England. ...
Lancashire is a county in North West England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ...
Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified - by Athelstan 967 AD Area - Total 130,395 km² 50,346 sq mi Population - 2006 estimate...
A ratchet lever hoist. ...
In economics, a capitalist is someone who owns capital, presumably within the economic system of capitalism. ...
In 1828, he wrote the essay Origin of the New System of Manufacture, Commonly Called Power loom Weaving, later reprinted in J. F. C. Harrison's Society and Politics in England, 1780-1960 (New York: Harper & Row, 1965).
References - Capital and the Cotton Industry in the Industrial Revolution, by Seymour Shapiro, 1967, Cornell University, printed in the U.S. by Kingsport Press.
- The Industrial Revolution in Britain: Triumph or Disaster? By Philip A.M. Taylor, 1958, in the U.S. by D.C. Heath and Company.
- The First Industrial Revolution, edited by Peter Mathias and John A. Davis, 1989, in Great Britain by Basil Blackwell Ltd.
- The First Industrial Revolution, by Phyllis Deane, The First Industrial Revolution, 1965 in Great Britain, by the Cambridge University Press.
- The Industrial Revolution by Arnold Toynbee,, 1956, in the U.S. by The Beacon Press
- British Economic Growth during the Industrial Revolution by N.F.R. Crafts, 1985, in Great Britain by Oxford University Press.
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See also | The Industrial Revolution | | Themes | Coal, Coal mining, Coke, Cotton, Industry, Invention, Iron, Machinery, Manufacturing, Metallurgy, Sociology, Steam power, Steel, Technology, Textiles, Water power, Workforce | People/
groups | Richard Arkwright, Thomas Boulsover, Matthew Boulton, James Brindley, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Edmund Cartwright, Henry Cort, Thomas and George Cranege, Samuel Crompton, Abraham Darby I, Abraham Darby II, Abraham Darby III, Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, William Fairbairn, James Hargreaves, Thomas Highs, Eaton Hodgkinson, Benjamin Huntsman, Joseph Marie Jacquard, Thomas Johnson (dressing frame), John Kay (flying shuttle), John Kay (spinning frame), Francis Cabot Lowell, Lunar Society, Thomas Newcomen, Robert Owen, Lewis Paul, William Radcliffe, Richard Roberts, Thomas Savery, John Smeaton, George Stephenson, Robert Stephenson, Thomas Telford, Richard Trevithick, James Watt, John Wilkinson, John Wyatt | | Places | Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet, Bridgewater Canal, Broseley, Coalbrookdale, Cromford, Derwent Valley Mills, Ironbridge, New Lanark, Portsmouth Block Mills, Quarry Bank Mill, Soho Foundry, Stockton and Darlington Railway | Invention/
technology | Blast furnace, Canal, Cotton mill, Crucible steel, Dressing frame, Factory, Flying shuttle, Newcomen steam engine, Power loom, Railway, Reverberatory furnace, Sheffield plate, Spinning frame, Spinning jenny, Steam engine, Stephenson's Rocket, Water frame, Watt steam engine | | Social impact | Bourgeoisie, Child labour, History of the Co-operative Movement, Cottage industry, Factory Acts, Industrial unrest, Luddite, Proletariat, Rochdale Pioneers | | Reference | History of technology, History of the British canal system, Industrial archaeology, List of United Kingdom-related topics, Timeline of clothing and textiles technology, Timeline of invention, Timeline of materials technology, Timeline of steam power | |
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