The president also said steel industry development could support the intensification of the national defense sector. Weapons and other defense equipment industries depend on the steel supply from the existing
- 1785Cartwright patented the power loom. It was improved upon by William Horrocks, known for his invention of the variable speed batton in 1813.
- 1787Cotton goods production had increased 10 fold since 1770.
- 1789 Samuel Slater brought textile machinery design to the US.
- 1790Arkwright built the first steam powered textile factory in Nottingham, England.
- 1792Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin - a machine that automated the separation of cottonseed from the short-staple cotton fiber.
- 1804 Joseph Marie Jacquard
invented the Jacquard Loom that weaved complex designs. Jacquard
invented a way of automatically controlling the warp and weft threads on
a silk loom by recording patterns of holes in a string of cards*.
- 1813 William Horrocks invented the variable speed batton (for an improved power loom).
- 1856William Perkin invented the first synthetic dye.
industry.
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