Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The original spinning-frame invented by Arkwright, which was driven by water-power (whence the name). Otherwise called
throstle and throstle-frame. See cut in next column.
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Examples
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Beginning with the flying shuttle of John Kay in 1738, followed by the spinning jenny of James Hargreaves in 1764, the water-frame of Richard Arkwright in 1769, and the mule of
The Age of Invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest Holland Thompson 1906
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No one of the inventions which were greatest in their effect, the jenny, the water-frame, the mule, the power-loom, was in the main attributable to the effort or ability of a single man; each represented in its successful shape the addition of many successive increments of discovery; in most cases the successful invention was the slightly superior survivor of many similar attempts.
The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production 1899
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As the invention of the fly-shuttle gave weaving the advantage, more and more attention was concentrated upon the spinning processes and the jenny was evolved; the deficiency of the jenny in spinning warp evolved the water-frame, which for the first time liberated the cotton industry from dependence upon linen warp: the demand for finer and more uniform yarns stimulated the invention of the mule.
The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production 1899
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This economic consideration directed more and more attention to experiments in spinning machinery, and so we find that, long before the invention of the jenny and the water-frame, ingenious men like John Kay of Bury,
The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production 1899
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This machine was improved on by Crompton's mule, a cross between the jenny and the water-frame, which spun a finer yarn, and so started the manufacture of muslin in England; it was invented in 1775 and came into general use about ten years later.
The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration William Hunt 1886
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His water-frame spun automatically and produced a yarn strong enough for warp, so that for the first time pure cotton goods were manufactured in England, for until then the cotton weft was woven on a warp of linen.
The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration William Hunt 1886
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Sometimes we resorted to deceit; as when Foley, according to one account, gained the art of splitting iron from the Swedes, and Sir Thomas Lombe the use of the water-frame in the silk manufacture.
The Coal Question~ Of British Invention William Stanley Jevons 1865
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Another obscure mechanic, a reed-maker of Leigh, named Thomas Highs, is also said to have invented the water-frame and spinning-jenny; but they, too, proved unsuccessful.
Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance Samuel Smiles 1858
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In 1769 he patented the water-frame, a machine which produced a strong twist for warps, substituting metal cylinders for human fingers.
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In 1769 he patented the water-frame, a machine which produced a strong twist for warps, substituting metal cylinders for human fingers.
hernesheir commented on the word water-frame
throstle-frame, throstle.
March 23, 2011