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Richard Arkwright English Inventor Entrepreneur Wealthiest Successful Textile

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Back English inventor and entrepreneur who became the wealthiest and most successful textile manufacturer of the first Industrial Revolution. He invented the water frame, a machine that, with minimal human supervision, could spin several threads at once.

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