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Textile machinery

  • Roberts LoomRichard Roberts was born at Llanymynech, on the border between England and Wales. His father William Roberts worked as a shoemaker and kept the New Bridge…
  • Cotton-spinning machineryThe spinning wheel appeared in the Islamic world by 1030. It traveled to China by 1090 and reached Europe and India during the 13th century.