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 Timeline- Manufacturing 1700 - 1801

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Timeline - Manufacturing and Processing 1700 The cotton industry in Britain is very small 1733 John Kay invents the flying shuttle 1764 James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny 1779 Samuel Crompton invents the spinning mule 1785 Edmund Cartwright invents the power loom 1793 Eli Whitney invents the saw gin 1738 Lewis Paul invents the first mechanical carding machine 1769 Richard Arkwright invents the water-frame in Preston 1782 James Watt invents the rotary steam engine 1801 Bowden and Snodgrass invent willowing and scutching machines. 1700 | 1733 | 1738 | 1764 | 1769 | 1779 | 1782 | 1785 | 1793 | 1801