Wyatt, John (1700 - 1766)

Inventor, designer

John Wyatt was an english mechanic who contributed to the development of power spinning.in cooperation with Paul Lewis. Wyatt’s invention was the basis of the water frame for spinning cotton in a cotton mill. The spinning machine operated by drawing cotton or wool through pairs of successively faster rollers. This spinning machine was eventually superseded by Richard Arkwright’s water frame.
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Wyatt, John

Curriculum vitae

* 1700	Thickbroom?, Staffordshire	born
1730		He began working with Lewis Paul
1733		Attempting to spin the first cotton thread ever spun by mechanical means.
1738		Patent of first power spinning machine
† 26.11.1766	Birmingham	died

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Early modern times, ca. 1500-1780

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Wyatt, John (1700 - 1766)