Diagram of rollers and bobbin from Paul Lewis and John Wyatt’s patent
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 This spinning machine was eventually superseded by Richard Arkwright’s water frame.
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