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Wheels are Spinning: The Potential of Industrialization History 104 / February 20, 2013.

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1 Wheels are Spinning: The Potential of Industrialization History 104 / February 20, 2013

2 Thomas Malthus (1766-1834)

3 Processing cotton: the spinning jenny (1767) James Hargreaves, ca. 1720-1778

4 Processing cotton: the power loom

5 Processing cotton: the cotton gin Eli Whitney (1765-1825)

6 British textile production in high gear, 1835

7 The “putting out” system

8 Concentration in factories

9 Richard Arkwright (1732-1792) “Arkwright mills”

10 Harnessing steam: James Watt (1736-1819)

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12 The “iron horse”

13 The “Manchester School” of economists Richard Cobden (1804-1865)

14 Robert Peel (Conservative/Tory) British prime minister, 1834-35, 1841-46

15 Friedrich List (1789-1846)

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