Important Figure #3

My last, but not least, inventor is......

Richard Arkwright, inventor of the water frame.

Richard Arkwright! Arkwright was the inventor of the water frame, a spinning machine powered by water. His water frame spun a very course and strong thread, which had to be re-spun later to thing it out. It used water, as opposed to the spinners' arm, speeding the process of spinning up, and requiring less energy from the people spinning the thread. It had hundreds of spindles, and required specialized watermills. From his invention, the people during the Industrial Revolution gained access to cheaper cotton, and in turn, the invention of body linen for the poor (a.k.a underwear). Arkwright's water frame sped up the spinning process, and saved countless women's arms from the constant spinning that was required from a spinning jenny