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The power loom was a steam-powered, mechanically operated version of a regular loom, an invention that combined threads to make cloth.
In 1785, Edmund Cartwright patented the first power loom and set up a factory in Doncaster, England to manufacture cloth. A prolific inventor, Edmund Cartwright also invented a wool-combing machine in 1789, continued to improve his power loom, invented a steam engine that used alcohol and a machine for making rope in 1797, and aided Robert Fulton with his steamboats.
Cartwright's power loom needed to be improved upon and several inventors did just that. It was improved upon by William Horrocks, the inventor of the variable speed batton (1813) and American, Francis Cabot Lowell. The power loom became commonly used after 1820.
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What inventions changed the textile industry?
The northrup automatic loom.
Which was in invention made specifically for the textile industry?
Flying shuttle and the water mule were the new machines that were invented during the textile industry.
What invention had the most significant impact on industrialization?
there were many important inventions of the Industrial Revolution. The first invention was perhaps the mechanical loom. Transportation was transformed by the invention of the train. Communications advanced by the invention of the telegraph.
