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watertankTimeline of clothing and textile industry
Specifically note inventions of the Flying shuttle in 1733 and the spinning jenny in 1764.
[flying shuttle] "When weaving was performed on a handloom, the width of cloth that could be woven was restricted by the reach of the weaver, and required the use of two hands. Two weavers were needed to operate larger looms. The flying shuttle enabled the weaver to propel the shuttle through a wider strip of cloth with a single hand, and allowed the other hand to perform the combing to compact the cloth. This speeded the process and thus increased production.
With increased speed and production, the demand for yarn rose, and thus this early invention spurred the textile industry in Great Britain. Initially, production outstripped supply, and weavers were put into competition for the limited supply of yarn."
- Performance improvement in weaving created a supply bottleneck in yarn production. Note the temporal distance between these two inventions. Thirty two years!
"The device [spinning jenny] dramatically reduced the amount of work needed to produce yarn, with a single worker able to work eight or more spools at once. It is also known as the spinning ginny."
- Before the invention of the spinning jenny a typical yarn producer was a peasant wife or an older child. They would do it in their "spare time", either at night or during the slow season, from late fall to early spring. This activity was of secondary importance to the family in comparison with other agricultural jobs, e.g. taking care of the crops or raising livestock. Productivity was low, supplies unreliable. To collect a meaningful amount of yarn an agent had to travel from village to village, knocking on doors and hoping to make the trip worth its while.
The spinning jenny triggered a major change in the industry. English entrepreneurs began building yarn factories that deployed dozens of machines operated mostly by children.
After more than a thirty year delay yarn production finally caught up with advances in weaving technology.
also see: http://geography.berkeley.edu/ProgramCourses/CoursePagesFA2006/Geog10/Geog%2010%2006%20lec%2014.pdf
UCB Geography 10, Lecture 16 podcast.
Specifically note inventions of the Flying shuttle in 1733 and the spinning jenny in 1764.
[flying shuttle] "When weaving was performed on a handloom, the width of cloth that could be woven was restricted by the reach of the weaver, and required the use of two hands. Two weavers were needed to operate larger looms. The flying shuttle enabled the weaver to propel the shuttle through a wider strip of cloth with a single hand, and allowed the other hand to perform the combing to compact the cloth. This speeded the process and thus increased production.
With increased speed and production, the demand for yarn rose, and thus this early invention spurred the textile industry in Great Britain. Initially, production outstripped supply, and weavers were put into competition for the limited supply of yarn."
- Performance improvement in weaving created a supply bottleneck in yarn production. Note the temporal distance between these two inventions. Thirty two years!
"The device [spinning jenny] dramatically reduced the amount of work needed to produce yarn, with a single worker able to work eight or more spools at once. It is also known as the spinning ginny."
- Before the invention of the spinning jenny a typical yarn producer was a peasant wife or an older child. They would do it in their "spare time", either at night or during the slow season, from late fall to early spring. This activity was of secondary importance to the family in comparison with other agricultural jobs, e.g. taking care of the crops or raising livestock. Productivity was low, supplies unreliable. To collect a meaningful amount of yarn an agent had to travel from village to village, knocking on doors and hoping to make the trip worth its while.
The spinning jenny triggered a major change in the industry. English entrepreneurs began building yarn factories that deployed dozens of machines operated mostly by children.
After more than a thirty year delay yarn production finally caught up with advances in weaving technology.
also see: http://geography.berkeley.edu/ProgramCourses/CoursePagesFA2006/Geog10/Geog%2010%2006%20lec%2014.pdf
UCB Geography 10, Lecture 16 podcast.
