| Directory > Business > Textiles and Nonwovens > Resources > History > Biographies Jacquard, Joseph
Short history of the inventor of a loom which produced repeated weave patterns in cloth and
carpets, programmed by a series of punched cards. 1752-1834.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/SCjacquard.htm
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Paul, Lewis
Short history of the inventor of a hand driven carding machine for cotton fiber processing.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/TEXpaul.htm
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Hargreaves, James
Short biography of the British carpenter, weaver and self-made engineer who invented the
eight-thread spinning jenny. 1720-1778.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/SChargreaves.htm
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Arkwright, Richard
Biography of the inventor of the industrial cotton spinning mill. Links to illustrations and local
history. 1732-1792.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRarkwright.htm
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Howe, Elias
Short biography of the inventor of the sewing machine, and his struggles for recognition.
1819-1867. From Scientific American.
http://www.history.rochester.edu/Scientific_American/mystery/howe.htm
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Whitney, Eli
Biography of the inventor of the cotton gin, and of mass production systems for industrial goods.
From American Science and Invention, by Mitchell Wilson (1954).
http://www.eliwhitney.org/ew.htm
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