Textile Personalities

Arkwright (1732- John Kay (1704- John Mercer (1791-

1792) 1764) 1866)
Arkwright was the John Kay patented the John Mercer invented a
inventor of the first flying shuttle in 1733. It process which gives
practical means of led to revolutionisation of cotton a lustre resembling
mechanical spinning the weaving industry. silk - a process known as
using rollers. 'mercerisation'.

Jacquard (1752- Joshua Heilmann Heinrich Caro

1834) (1796-1848) Heinrich Caro, a German
Jacquard invented a Joshua Heilmann chemist discovered the
loom which used a invented the first formula for producing
punched card system to machine for combing synthetic mauve dye, and
weave complicated cotton. also discovered the
patterns in textiles. synthesis of cinnamic
acid from benzaldehyde.

John Kennedy Richard Roberts Sir William Henry

John Kennedy, Scottish (Mid-19th century) Perkin
cotton spinner and textile In 1825 he invented the Sir William Henry Perkin,
machine maker was Roberts self-acting English chemist, 1906
responsible for inventing spinning mule which who invented the first
the 'Jack frame' spinning produced better yarn synthetic derivative used
device. than any other machine as dye-perkin’s mauve
right through 1950's

Eli Whitney Richard Roberts Cartwright (1785-

Eli Whitney, American (1789-1864) 1787)
inventor, is credited with Richard Roberts is Cartwright patented a
the invention of the known for having water-powered loom
cotton gin (patented in improved upon or (later steam-powered) to
1793; 'gin' is short for invented machine tools, run the weaving
engine) including one of the first mechanisms.
metal-planing machines.