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Question
How did the increase in the demand of British goods led to the invention of the new machine?
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Solution
The invention of machines revolutionised the industries system in British.
The following inventions added with the perfection and demand of the British goods:
- “The Flying shuttle’, invented by John Key, a weaver of Lancashire, which increased the speed of weaving’
- The ‘Spinning-Jenny’, invented by James Hargreaves’ spinning ability of eight threads at a time.
- The ‘Water Frame’, invented by Richard Arkwright, to producer harder and stronger yarn.
- The ‘Crompton’s Mule’, invented by Samuel Compton to combine, quantity with quality.
- The ‘Powerloom’, invented by Cartwright, to operate about 100 spindles.
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