Edmund Cartwright
by Paul D Stewart
Title
Edmund Cartwright
Artist
Paul D Stewart
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Photograph - Photograph
Description
Edmund Cartwright (1743-1823), British inventor and Fellow of the Royal Society. Cartwright graduated from Oxford University very early and went on to invent the power loom in 1785 from a design he made the previous year. This had a major impact on the course of the British Industrial Revolution and global trade.
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July 23rd, 2016
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