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    a practical knowledge of every process from the cotton-bag to the piece of cloth‚ such as carding by hand or by the engine‚ spinning by the hand-wheel or jenny‚ winding‚ warping‚ sizing‚ looming the web‚ and weaving either by hand or fly-shuttle‚ I was ready to commence business for myself; and by the year 1789‚I was well established‚ and employed many hands both in spinning and weaving‚ as a master manufacturer.” Document 3: Andrew Ure (Professor at the University of Glascow): The Philosophy of

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    those power. The process of cleaning and spinning of the cotton was in one household and then in another house cloth were made. Such process works well‚ but because of growing population and their demand for cloth such type of producing cloth takes too much time. With increased demand for yarn‚ industry starts to search the ways how to improve cotton spinning. It was one of the bottlenecks. The solution of this problem was an invention of the spinning jenny and water frame. With these innovations

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    cotton fabric import from India (Correia 4). Before the Industrial Revolution occurred‚ spinning and weaving were done in households with a spinning wheel and one hand loom weaver. For domestic consumption and as a cottage industry under the putting-out system. The putting-out system produced under contract to merchant‚ who often supplied the raw materials for household (Correia 5). The improvement of the spinning wheel was to increasing the output of weaver

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    Revolutions are turning points in History. This is because revolutions involve a drastic change in the system and when revolutions happen‚ there are many positive and negative impacts. This will be easier to understand if I use an example‚ the industrial revolution‚ to show you. The Industrial Revolution began in the middle 1700’s in Britain and involves a drastic change in the system. We can tell this because there was a shift from an agrarian‚ handicraft and labour-intensive economy to an

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    INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Introduction and Meaning Emergence and Cause Countries involved and spread of knowledge Impact a) Urbanisation b) Capitalism c) Socialism Inventions a) Revolution in cotton and textile industry b) Revolution in metallurgy c) Steam power d) Mining e) Glass making copy headings f) Paper machine in project g) Chemicals h)

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    My source is an interview with a clothier that explains the conditions and behaviours of children who work in the mills. Robert Owen‚ a British socialist‚ was born on 14 May 1771 at Newtown‚ Montgomeryshire‚ Wales. In 1799‚ Owen purchased the mills in New Lanark‚ Scotland. The employees’ well-being‚ including a few hundred poor children‚ were highly regarded by Owen and the mills were producing high quality products which made them famous. Owen wanted to remove the competitive economy by adding

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    mostly good. The industrial revolution was a time in the 18th and 19th century where machines and all sorts of technology began to rise in the cities. It all began in britain in the late 1700s‚ things such as the steam engine‚ factories‚ the “Spinning Jenny”‚ and the telegraph‚ made all of the everyday tasks much easier than doing it all by hand or foot. The industrial revolution brought up factories to mass produce more goods‚ but this also give much more jobs to the poor who really need to provide

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    created in Britain‚ began to spread to other European countries causing the Industrial Revolution to have a significant impact in a variety of places. Some of the main events that triggered the Industrial Revolution include the invention of the Spinning Jenny and the steam engine. These inventions had a very significant effect on society as they led to the beginning of big industries such as the cotton industry and also by producing power to drive transport and machinery. The creation of these inventions

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    Reasons for the Revolution In doing research on the Industrial Revolution‚ one of the topics talked about often was the Textile Industry. There were certain inventions that helped spark the revolution. One of them was called the Spinning Jenny. The Spinning Jenny was invented in 1764 by James Hargreaves in Stanhill‚ Oswaldtwistle Lancashire in England.2 The machine was useful because it simplified the process for creating yarn which was very valuable in the textile industry. For example one

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