The industrial revolution : technological innovation in the textile industry, 1672-1929
This collection traces the development of the Industrial Revolution in Britain through two prominent families connected to Bolton's textile industry. The Crompton family were significant due to Samuel Crompton's invention of the spinning mule in 1779, an innovation which allowed massive pr...
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| Language: | English |
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East Ardsley, Wakefield, United Kingdom :
Microform Academic Publishers
[2010]
Microform Academic Publishers, |
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