Why was Richard Arkwright so important to the Industrial Revolution
Why was Richard Arkwright so important to the Industrial Revolution? Introduction Richard Arkwright was the founder of the factory. He was the first person to invent a machine that used a different form of power other than man. People called him the Father of the Industrial Revolution. Richard was a barber in Lancashire when he saw an opening in the industry for a new invention. Weaving had been speeded up by 'flying shuttles' and the thread wasn't being produced fast enough to keep up with the looms, so he used his invention, the water frame, to fill the gap and get him lots of money. The Water Frame Richard Arkwright was a business man and he made an invention called the water frame. He used it to make the thread for the looms. At first it was powered by horses but this wasn't successful because the horses needed rest and feeding. So he needed a new form of power. Also this machine couldn't fit in the houses because it was so big. His machine was efficient and didn't need a skilled worker to operate it. Richard picked up ideas from different inventors of the time and quickly put a patent on his invention so nobody copied him. His patent was taken away because he was said to have borrowed all his ideas. But he didn't take all of their ideas. He had a few of his own on the machine. Eventually he found water power for his machine and started building factories.
Contribution to the Industrial Revolution
Contribution to the Industrial Revolution The general pattern in the Industrial Revolution was that inventions were refined and refined continuously, till they were the most perfect machines around. Many of the key people at the time, simply took working machines and made the machines simpler to operate and to manage, or make the machine more efficient. The key people also got a financial backer then started producing their machine An example of this is the pairing of Boulton and Watt. What Watt had done was to take an invention of the inventor, Thomas Newcomen [steam engine], then simply added parts, and started to redesign the whole machine. All what Watt did was to make the motion of the original steam engine [up and down], turn rotary and clockwise/anti-clockwise. They then simply started showing their machine to factory owners around the country. The factory owners wanted the machine, because the machine was more efficient [used less fuel compared to the power it gave as it's product] than the Thomas Newcomen steam engine. What Boulton did was quite simple. He just supported Watt financially then got some of the profit made. When the machine production was in full swing, the pair of them started to reap from the profits that were created by their machine. These had a major impact on the rate of the revolution. Their machine simply turned industry from being a man
What was the Industrial Revolution?
What was the Industrial Revolution? The Industrial Revolution was a huge change in British history. It is not known exactly when the Industrial Revolution started nor when it finished. There were many factors that influenced the changes which happened during this period of time. The industrialisation of Britain brought with it new kinds of roads, trains and other forms of communication systems which had never been seen in action before. Before the Industrial Revolution, it was very hard to keep in contact with people in other parts of the country. Most of the news was spread by travellers or through messengers and goods were distributed largely within the locality in which they were produced. During the Industrial Revolution however, many canals were formed. These helped with trade and transport mainly. During the Industrial Revolution, education became compulsory, there was an increase in population, improvements in health and a large-scale movement from country to town. There were four main riots that took place as a result of political changes. These were mainly protests against what was happening and these consisted of: The Spa Fields Riots (1816), The Derbyshire Rising (1817), The Peterloo Masacre (1819) and lastly The Cato Street Conspiracy (1820). Crompton - Biography Samuel Crompton was born in 1753 in Firwood, Bolton. The son of a small farmer, he lived
What were the causes of the Industrial Revolution?
Alan Xiao 3R What were the causes of the Industrial Revolution? The Industrial revolution was a big change in the way people worked and goods produced. It began around 1775 in Britain and spread to Belgium, Germany, northern Italy, and France, and after 1850 to Japan and the USA. Machines in huge factories replaced the craft workers who used to make all kind of goods slowly, one by one, at home. People had to learn new jobs operating machines that could mass-produce very large quantities of clothes, shoes, paper, metal and wooden goods more quickly and cheaply than the hand workers could. So by 1900, most goods were made in factories. Compared with in 1750, most goods were made in small workshops or at home. This meant that the goods couldn't be mass produced and that they were made in small quantities. So that the idea was wide spread and no one would buy it. Also it couldn't be further developed if less people knew about it. The new industries made inventors and factory owners very rich indeed. The new industries also helped ordinary people as well, since many were poor, hungry and unemployed. Thousands left the countryside to live in fast, growing factory towns. Many hoped to find more pay and regular work. Wages in factories were far better than those on the farms, but factories were often dirty and dangerous and houses in factory towns were crowded, noisy and full of
Six inventions of the Industrial Revolution.
Edward Phillips 29.09.2002. Six inventions of the Industrial Revolution The first industry to mechanise in Britain was the cotton industry. The breakthrough was an innovation for weaving. Weaving Machines Until the early 1800's, almost all weaving was done on hand looms because nobody could solve the problems of mechanical weaving. In 1733, John Kay, a Lancashire clock-maker, invented the 'Flying Shuttle'. Using this, weavers could work much faster, so they needed more spun thread; it took 8 spinners to supply one weaver. This machine made all the movements for weaving but it often went out of control, and a number of attempts were made to invent a better spinning machine to increase the amount of thread available. In 1764 James Hargreaves invented the Spinning Jenny (see below). In the mid 1780's, an Anglican clergyman named Edmund Cartwright, developed a steam-powered loom. In 1803, John Horrocks, a Lancashire machine manufacturer, built an all-metal loom. Other British machine makers made further improvements to the steam-powered loom during the early 1800's. By 1835, Great Britain had more than 120,000 power looms. Most of them were used to weave cotton. After the mid-1800's, hand looms were used only to make fancy patterned cloth, which still could not be made on power looms. Spinning Machines For hundreds of years before the Industrial Revolution,
Richard Arkwright and Cromford.
???????????????????????????? Richard Arkwright and his partners established a mill in Cromford in 1771 and without delay set about perfecting the machinery and production methods for water - powered cotton spinning. The first mill was modest in size, but in 1776 a second and very much larger mill was established using the same water supply. Soon after, the mill site expanded again and massive engineering work was undertaken, to create the system of ponds and underground culverts, which maintained Arkwright's increasing need for water to drive his machinery. The mills at Cromford became models, which were copied by Arkwright's partners and by his competitors. Mills sprang up in various parts of the UK and despite the legislation forbidding the export of technology, in other countries such as Germany and America. By 1790 all the principal buildings on the Cromford site had been completed and with the exception of the second mill and the "bow fronted" building, all have survived. The Arkwright family sold most of its cotton spinning interests at an early date but retains the Cromford Mill and the nearby Mason Mill. After around 1840 the value of the Cromford Mills seriously demised. A shortage of water caused by the diversion of the main source for lead drainage limited production and during the second half of the 19th century parts of the site were put to other uses.
Why did Britain Have an Industrial Revolution Between 1750 and 1850?
William Keith 27/11/02 Why did Britain Have an Industrial Revolution Between 1750 and 1850? The industrial revolution happened in Britain around 1850 and not finishing for a century. Britain was the first and all the other countries followed. In some countries, the industrial revolution has not happened yet; in all others, though, it is, in a way, still going on, because of the fact that technological advances are still happening. In Britain, the revolution saw changes in all aspects of industry. Not just in that factories and mass production were introduced, but in economy, trade, population, labour etc. There were even changes in agriculture relating to the other industrial changes of the time. Efficiency was also enhanced because of the large number of business enterprises situated within a limited area. This made people more competitive and, therefore, willing to push harder for better quality goods, in less time. During the revolution, there was a great change in the population. Not only in the total amount of people who lived in the country, but also in the amount of people living in the different areas. For example, as farming progressed and became more efficient, there were more job openings in the cities and more availability for freedom from the
Industrial revolution
What were the most important causes of the industrial revolution? The term 'Industrial Revolution' usually applies to the social and economic changes that mark the transition from a stable agricultural and commercial society to a modern industrial society relying on complex machinery rather than the everyday tools people used. It is used to refer primarily to the period in British history from the middle of the 18th century to the middle of the 19th century. As time moves on and the years go by, mankind introduces new discoveries and inventions to our world. All of these inventions are designed to make our lives much easier so we can continue developing our lifestyle and everyday life. The Industrial revolution was a time of drastic change and transformation from hand tools, and hand made items to machine manufactured and mass produced goods. This change generally helped life, but also hindered it as well. Pollution, such as carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere rose, which made working conditions pretty tough, and the number of women and children working increased. The year was 1733, the demand for cotton cloth was high, but production was low. This crisis had to be solved or England's economy would be hindered. The answer came from a British weaver, John Kay, who invented and fashioned the flying shuttle, which cut weaving time in half. John Kay was a pioneer and his
Industrial Revolution
Industrial Revolution "The industrial revolution is precisely the expansion of undeveloped forces, the sudden growth and blossoming of seeds which had for years lain hidden or asleep." Paul Mantoux's quote regarding the industrial revolution is used to describe the range of different phenomena that constituted this watershed moment in British, European and world history. This is because the industrial revolution cannot be pigeon-holed. It was not a government policy and none of what occurred politically, socially, culturally or economically in Britain between 1780 and 1914 came from design but rather was the result of a historical accident of a sequence of key factors all occurring during the same timeframe. The period represented a transition from early modern history to modernity, with many of the social and economic ills that arrest much of the contemporary world today first acted out in the newly industrialised areas of the UK in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The industrial revolution affected the entire structure of British society, from the monarchy to the previously numerically dominant peasant classes, from agricultural workers to merchants. There is no doubt that a momentous shift had taken place: the far-reaching legacy of the changes that occurred during the period 1780 and 1914 culminated in the Great War where the casualty figures soared into the
Richard Arkwright (1732-1792)
Cromford Coursework: Richard Arkwright (1732-1792) By Ameen Ahmed 11B Contents Page I: Front Page Page II: Contents Page III: Introduction Page IV: Cromford Village Page VII: Cromford Mill Page XI: Conclusion Page XII: Bibliography Introduction Sir Richard Arkwright, the inventor of the water frame was born in Preston in 1732. Sir Richard lived in Rock House which overlooked the mill. Richard Arkwright was knighted by George III and had two daughters and one son in his first marriage. He went to Cromford at the age of 39 in 1771 and established Cromford Mill what became the first ever successful water powered cotton spinning mill. As a young man Richard Arkwright worked as barber and made and sold wigs across the country. In 1768, he and John Kay, perfected the voll- er spinning device, this came to be known as the water frame. Sir Richard Arkwright patented the inve- ntion a year later and set up a horse- powered mill in Nottingham. He then went seeking a greater source of power, built a mill powered by water in Cromford in 1771. This was a huge success and in 1786, Richard Arkwright became Sir Richard Arkwright and was made High Sheriff of Derby- shire. Sir Richard Arkwright sadly Sir Richard Arkwright by Joseph Wright of Derby, 1790
