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Inventor, designer
Thomas Highs was a reed-maker and manufacturer of cotton carding and spinning engines in the 1780s, during the Industrial Revolution. He is known for claiming patents on a spinning jenny, a carding machine, the throstle (a machine for the continuous twisting and winding ofwool), and the water frame. He had a lifelong court battle against Richard Artwright for the patent of his spinning machine.
Who-is-Who in MMS, History of machines, history of mechanical engineering, machine design, designer, inventor, spinning.
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Schreibweisen:
Highs, Thomas
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Lebenslauf
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* 1718
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Leigh, Lancashire
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1772
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he developed the carding-engine
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1776
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he builds a spinning factory in Yorkshire
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1778 - 1779
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He made machines for various manufacturers
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† 13.12.1803
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Manchester
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