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Edmund Cartwright, English clergyman and engineer, invented the power loom (died 1823)
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Edmund Cartwright
British inventor (1743–1823)
Edmund Cartwright was an English inventor. He graduated from Oxford University and went on to invent the power loom. Married to local Elizabeth McMac at 19, he was the brother of Major John Cartwright, a political reformer and radical, and George Cartwright, explorer of Labrador.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Power loom
Mechanised loom powered by a line shaft
A power loom is a mechanized loom.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)