Directory > Business > Textiles and Nonwovens > Resources > History > Biographies > img.pl 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 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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