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  2. Samuel Slater - Wikipedia

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    She invented two-ply thread in 1793, and became the first American woman to be granted a patent. [16] Samuel and Hannah had ten children together; four died during infancy. Hannah died in 1812 from complications of childbirth, leaving Samuel with six young children to raise. [17] Slater married for a second time in 1817 to a widow, Esther ...

  3. James Edward Allen Gibbs - Wikipedia

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    On June 2, 1857, he was awarded a patent for the first twisted chain-stitch single-thread sewing machine using a rotating hook. In partnership with James Willcox, Gibbs became a principal in the Willcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine Company. [citation needed] Advertisement of Willcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine Letter G, 1869, from LOC

  4. Timeline of United States inventions (before 1890) - Wikipedia

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    The upper thread runs from a spool kept on a spindle on top of or next to the machine, through a tension mechanism, a take-up arm, and finally through the hole in the needle. The lower thread is wound onto a bobbin, which is inserted into a case in the lower section of the machine. Walter Hunt invented the first lock-stitch sewing machine in 1833.

  5. Thread (yarn) - Wikipedia

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    Spool is 120 denier thread composed of 2 plies (each of 60 denier) 50S/3: Spool has a weight of 50 and is composed of 3 plies whose individual weights are not indicated P60/3: This is a spool of polyester thread of weight 60 and is made up of 3 plies Den 75/2: Spool of 75 denier thread made of 2 plies #60/2

  6. White Horse Prophecy - Wikipedia

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    [8] [9] Smith is believed to have said in 1840 that when the Constitution hung by a thread, Latter Day Saint elders would step in "on the white horse" to save the country. [9] Joseph Smith is said to have made his statement in early May 1843, while the Latter-day Saints were headquartered in Nauvoo, Illinois. One of Smith's associates who heard ...

  7. Spinning wheel - Wikipedia

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    A spinning wheel is a device for spinning thread or yarn from fibres. [2] It was fundamental to the cotton textile industry prior to the Industrial Revolution . It laid the foundations for later machinery such as the spinning jenny and spinning frame , which displaced the spinning wheel during the Industrial Revolution.

  8. The history of the American phone book - AOL

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    1883: The Yellow Pages are invented. The business listings directory got its iconic look by accident in 1883 when a Cheyenne, Wyoming, printer ran out of white paper and made do with yellow paper ...

  9. Water frame - Wikipedia

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    Richard Arkwright, who patented the technology in 1769, [1] designed a model for the production of cotton thread, which was first used in 1765. [2] [3] The Arkwright water frame was able to spin 96 threads at a time, which was an easier and faster method than ever before. [4]