AREWRIGHT

SIR RICHARD, >. at gres i 2x 1732, d. 1792, was apprenticed | mar _ Waa barber, but took great interest in the | pro: achinery used in the cotton manufacture. | pxdi invented the spinning frame, and made | arm ler improvements in the proce es of | a fs, oe and spinning With the help of} A “- Wealthy partners he established mills | dre; ae gee and at Cromford in Derby- | the ama ed a large fortunc. ie civi ‘ ted by George ITI. in 1736. chie ‘DA, [s. 52]