Textiles & Clothing
Water frame
Richard Arkwright's water frame used successive pairs of rollers to draw out fibres before twisting them into yarn. Water power allowed many spinning positions to operate together in early factories.
About this artifact
Richard Arkwright's water frame used successive pairs of rollers to draw out fibres before twisting them into yarn. Water power allowed many spinning positions to operate together in early factories.
Sources & image credits
Documented image of this machine or its operating principle; see image credits for the original date and subject.
Image: Waterframe.jpg
Creator: The original uploader was Markus Schweiß at German Wikipedia.
License: CC BY-SA 3.0
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