Richard Arkwright

1732–1792

Inventor of the spinning frame, which allowed water or steam power to spin cloth.

Other Resources


Story Links
Book Links
Invention of the Spinning Machines  in  Great Inventors and Their Inventions  by  Frank P. Bachman
George III—A Story of a Spinning Wheel  in  Our Island Story  by  H. E. Marshall


Image Links


Arkwright Selling Hair to a Wigmaker
 in Great Inventors and Their Inventions