What is the significance of the development of power looms?

Although the mechanical loom was invented in 1785, it went through a period before it became a serious threat to the manual loom. It is worth noting that the patent right of the mechanical loom was awarded to Edmund, a village priest. Cartwright He took off his black robe and became a factory owner, but he lacked business skills. His weaving factory has more than 20 looms, but like other new things, it is not mature enough. A few years later, his business closed down. It was not until 1804 that Cartwright improved the loom and improved the efficiency before he survived the confrontation with the manual loom.

The spinning machine squeezes out the spinning wheel, which will only ruin women's family sideline. It is of far-reaching significance for the power loom to crowd out the manual weavers scattered in small workshops. Because of this, Britain has created a wide range of employment opportunities for male workers.

1806, the first large-scale weaving factory was established in Manchester, and the mechanical loom was driven by a steam engine. 18 18 years ago, there were already 15 shuttle mills, and 1833 years ago, there were 85,000 mechanical looms in British textile mills. At the same time, in rural areas and small towns, there are hundreds of thousands of hand-woven workers who make a living by working wages, in order to make a living. Soon, mechanical looms occupied the wool industry. Sharp and Roberts (1822 and 1825) improved Cartwright loom, which caused a new wave of investment. Machines acquired at the expense of many people's poverty have won in the constant struggle against backward production forms, and have completely occupied the dominant position in Britain since the middle of the19th century. 1850 has 224,000 mechanical looms. But five years later, there are still 50,000 manual weavers.

In the 1990s, from 65438 to 2008, 340,000 people worked in the new mechanical spinning mill. Among them, there are 6,543,800 male employees, 90,000 female employees and 6,543,800 child workers. Cotton yarn production is concentrated in some rapidly rising factories, first in Lancashire and Nottingham, especially in the rear areas of Liverpool, Manchester, western Scotland and Glasgow Port. Therefore, these areas have become the oldest industrial areas in the world, and the cotton textile industry has also become the earliest factory industry.