The story of textiles; a bird's-eye view of the history of the beginning and the growth of the industry by which mankind is clothed (1912)
Walton, Perry, 1865-1941 · Boston, Mass., J. S. Lawrence · leaf 122
of the house belonging to the Free Grammar School, andso convinced Mr. Smalley of its utility that Smalley offeredArkwright his time and means for the marketing of themachine. So straitened, however, did Arkwrights financial condi-tion become during his stay at Preston that, when theGreat Election… … THE STORY OF TEXTILES 81 of workmen similar to those that had already destroyedthe spinning jennies about Blackburn, Arkwright removedhis machine to Nottingham, and interested some bankersnamed Wright. The machines not being perfected asspeedily as the bankers hoped, they withdrew, and Ark-wright…
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