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Born April 1700 • England
Died November 29, 1766 (aged 66) • Birmingham • England
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Arkwright, detail of an engraving by J. Jenkins after a portrait by Joseph Wright
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British industrialist and inventor
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British industrialist and engineer
Wool-carding machine by Lewis Paul
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Henry Bessemer
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English inventor and engineer
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Thomas Savery's steam pump
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William Froude
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Edmund Cartwright, engraving by James Thomson
Edmund Cartwright
British inventor
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Samuel Hall
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Sir Daniel Gooch, 1st Baronet
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