spinning cotton built at
Birmingham; moved by asses; but not successful.

1748--Patent on a cylinder card as first used by hand,
granted Lewis Paul.

1750--Fly shuttle in general use in England.

1756--Cotton velvets and quiltings first made in
England.

1760--Stock cards first used for cotton by J. Hargreave.
Drop box invented by Kay.

1762-67--Spinning-jenny invented by Hargreave.

1769--Arkwright obtains his first patent on spinning.

1774--Bill passed in England to prevent the export of
cotton machinery.

1775--Second patent of Arkwright on carding, drawing,
and spinning.

1779--Mule spinning invented by Crompton. Peele's patent
on carding, roving, and spinning.

1782--Date of Watt's patent for the steam-engine.

1783--Bounty granted in England for the export of
certain cotton goods.

1785--Power loom invented by Cartwright. Cylinder
printing invented by Bell. A warp stop-motion described
in Cartwright's patent.

1788--First cotton factory built in the United States,
at Beverly.

1789--Sea Island cotton first planted in the United
States. Samuel Slater starts cotton machinery in New
York.

1790--First cotton factory built in Rhode Island by
Slater.

1792--First American loom patent granted to Kirk and
Leslie.

1794--Cotton-gin patented by Eli Whitney.

1801--Date given for invention of the Jacquard machine
in France.

1803--Dressing machine and warper invented in England by
Radcliffe, Ross, and Johnson.

1804--First cotton mill built in New Hampshire, at New
Ipswich.

1805--Power loom successfully introduced in England
after many failures.

1806--First cotton mill built in Connecticut, at
Pomfret.

1809--First cotton mill built in Maine, at Brunswick.

1812--First cotton mill built at Fall River.

1814--Cotton opener with lap attachment invented in
England by Creighton.

1815--Power loom introduced into the United States at
Waltham.

1816--First loom temple of Ira Draper patented in the
United States.

1818--Machinery for preparing sewing cotton invented in
England by Holt.

1822--First cotton factory erected at Lowell.

1823--Differential motion for roving frames patented by
Arnold. First export of raw cotton from Egypt to
England.

1824--Tu