Who invented the water frame in 1769 a water powered spinning machine too large for use in a home th...........

Major Events in World History(PCS) Industrial revolution

Who invented the water frame in 1769, a water-powered spinning machine, too large for use in a home, that led to the creation of factories?

Edward Cartwright

Eli Whitney

Elias Howe

Richard Arkwright

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Explanation:

A significant invention of the Industrial Revolution was the water frame, which was invented by Richard Arkwright in 1769. Arkwright's Water Frame spinning machine Arkwright paid for a patent in 1769 to stop others copying his invention. This spinning machine spins 96 strands of yarn at once. It was one of many similar machines installed in mills in Derbyshire and Lancashire and powered by waterwheels, so they were called Water Frames.