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Color Museum (Popularity:  )
http://www.colorsystem.com/
Information resource on color order systems in art and science. Illustrated color theories from Antiquity to modern times. The significance ...
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Howe, Elias (Popularity: )
http://www.history.rochester.edu/Scientific_American/mystery/howe.htm
Short biography of the inventor of the sewing machine, and his struggles for recognition. 1819-1867. From Scientific American.
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Arkwright, Richard (Popularity: )
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRarkwright.htm
Biography of the inventor of the industrial cotton spinning mill. Links to illustrations and local history. 1732-1792.
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Hargreaves, James (Popularity: )
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/SChargreaves.htm
Short biography of the British carpenter, weaver and self-made engineer who invented the eight-thread spinning jenny. 1720-1778.
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Paul, Lewis (Popularity: )
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/TEXpaul.htm
Short history of the inventor of a hand driven carding machine for cotton fiber processing.
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Jacquard, Joseph (Popularity: )
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/SCjacquard.htm
Short history of the inventor of a loom which produced repeated weave patterns in cloth and carpets, programmed by a ...
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Samuel Crompton (Popularity: )
http://www.bolton.org.uk/samuelcrompton.html
Short biography with a portrait, related photographs and links .
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Samuel Crompton (Popularity: )
http://www.cottontimes.co.uk/cromptono.htm
Short biography and essay on his spinning mule invention. Includes a portrait .
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John Kay (Popularity: )
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/SCkay.htm
A short biography with related links and a section of a mural produced by William Bell Scott . From Spartacus ...
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John Kay and the Flying Shuttle (Popularity: )
http://www.saburchill.com/history/chapters/IR/009.html
Short biography, photographs and narrative on his flying shuttle invention .
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Mr.John Kay (Popularity: )
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moajrnl;cc=moajrnl;sid=88ce4c5ff359c4987f011a257cffb793;q1=john%20kay;cite1restrict=title;cite2restrict=title;cite3restrict=title;rgn=full%20text;firstpubl1=1830;firstpubl2=1902;idno=acg1336.1-15.003;view=image;seq=0240
Extract from a facsimile of Debow's review.
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Textile Science and Technology (Popularity: )
http://www.geocities.com/invtex/
Informative web site, with short articles on the history and development of the textile industry, knitting technology, man-made fibers and ...
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The Textile Industry (Popularity: )
http://www.saburchill.com/history/chapters/IR/008.html
Concise description of the textile industry as a family enterprise before the Industrial Revolution. Links to textile inventors, brief history ...
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Cotton Mill and Textile History Guide (Popularity: )
http://www.cmhpf.org/essays/cottonmills.html
Extensive historical information on past and present cotton yarn spinning and fabric weaving mills of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, USA. ...
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An Introduction to the Textile Tradition in Prato (Popularity: )
http://www.po-net.prato.it/artestoria/storia/eng/sintess.htm
Timeline and short period descriptions of the development of the textile industry in this north Italian industrial center, from the ...
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Textile History (Popularity: )
http://www.thetextileguide.com/tghist.htm
Concise overview of the development of textiles as an industry, from Neolithic times to the Industrial Revolution. From the Textile ...
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The 'Industrial Crisis' of the English Textile Towns (Popularity: )
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/ecipa/archive/UT-ECIPA-MUNRO-98-02.html
Abstract of a paper on the causes of the economic crisis in the traditional English textile manufacturing centers during the ...
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History of Technology and Work (Popularity: )
http://www.engr.sjsu.edu/pabacker/causeIR.htm
Comprehensive article on the causes, effects, cultural origins and consequences of the Industrial Revolution, as it began in the English ...
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Ancient Textiles as Evidence for Textile Production (Popularity: )
http://www.unc.edu/courses/rometech/public/content/survival/DeRamus_Durham_Laxton/brian.html
Article on the study of ancient textiles from the Roman period as archeological tool for the provision of information on ...
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The Falls of the Clyde, New Lanark Mills (Popularity: )
http://www.aboutscotland.com/water/clydenl.html
Description of the 18th century water powered cotton spinning mill built by David Dale and Richard Arkwright, and the village ...
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