USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This invention used water to power spinning machines.
A
cotton gin
B
water frame
C
spinning jenny
D
flying shuttle
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -water frame, In textile manufacture, a spinning machine powered by water that produced a cotton yarn suitable for warp (lengthwise threads). Patented in 1769 by R. Arkwright, it represented an improvement on James Hargreaves ’s spinning jenny, which produced weaker thread suitable only for weft (filling yarn).

Detailed explanation-2: -Water frame developed by Richard Arkwright in 1775. Installed in water powered factories, the machine could spin large quantities of cotton yarn.

Detailed explanation-3: -The water frame is a spinning frame that is powered by a water-wheel. Water frames in general have existed since Ancient Egyptian times. Richard Arkwright, who patented the technology in 1769, designed a model for the production of cotton thread; this was first used in 1765.

Detailed explanation-4: -This became known as the water-frame, which used water power at Arkwright’s mill at Cromford, Derbyshire in 1771. The machine made it possible to mass produce strong yarn and reduced the need to spin cotton by hand.

Detailed explanation-5: -Answer and Explanation: The water frame, for the production of cotton thread, was patented in England in 1769 by Richard Arkwright. General water frames have been existence since Ancient Egyptian times. Arkwright installed a water frame in his cotton mill in Cromford, Derbyshire, England in 1771.

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