1 gen 1785 anni - Edmund Cartwright
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 A clergyman without training or experience in either mechanics or textiles patented a water-driven power loom that mechanized the weaving process. By 1820 it had largely taken the place of hand weavers in the cotton industry. 1830 half a million people worked in the cotton business 
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