Esther M. Zimmer Lederberg
The Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
Images of the Cloth Manufacturing Industry

FILE0173 Cartwright's 2nd Power Loom


Steam Engines and Looms

     Farey developed the Single acting rotative "athmospheric" steam engine. Farey the developed a more advanced Double acting rotative "athmospheric" steam engine (1782).
     Cartwright then coupled a water mill as a power source for a "power loom". John Kay, of Bury, developed the "flying shuttle" in 1785. However, in 1788, Farey developed the steam engine "Whirling regulator", or "governor". Gorton developed a steam engine too, while Boulton and Watt developed their mighty 10 HP steam engine. This was followed by "Throstle" spinning.


Click to see Dr. Edmund Cartwright

Dr.Cartwright

Click to see Gorton's
Power Loom (1791)

FILE0102

Click to see Cartwright's
Second Power Loom

FILE0173 Cartwright's 2nd Power Loom

Click to see Farey's Double-acting
Rotator Engine (1792)

FILE0099 Farey's Double-cylinder Atmospheric Engine 1792

Click to see John Kay

JohnKay(Lancashire)

Click to see James Watt (1792)

James_Watt 1792

Click to see Farey's Single-acting
Rotative Engine

FILE0098 Farey's Single-acting Rotative Engine

Click to see Boulton & Watt's 10 HP
Steam Engine (1787-1800)

FILE0174 Boulton+Watt 10hp 1787

Click to see Farey's
Whirling Regulator (Governor)

FILE0101 Farey's Whirling Regulator-Governor 1788

Click to see Dr. Falck's
Double-action Steam Gin

FILE0100 Flack Double Action

Click to see Power Loom Weaving

FILE0005 Power Loom Weaving

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