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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Arkwright
Britannica 11thARKWRIGHT, SIR RICHARD (1732-1792), English inventor, was born at Preston in Lancashire, on the 23rd of December 1732, of parents in humble circumstances. He was the youngest of thirteen children, and received but a very indifferent education. After serving hi ...
Vol. 2, pp. 556-556
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Britannica 11th... Massachusetts were just beginning to work in cotton from models of jennies and Arkwright machinery surreptitiously obtained from England; and other states, beyond local manufactures of paper, glass and iron, were almost entirely agricultural, or were engaged ...
Vol. 27, pp. 612-735
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