This is an example of the spinning frame patented by Richard Arkwright in 1768. Also known as a water frame, it was the first textile machine designed to be powered by water. Arkwright set up the ...

Arkwright paid for a patent in 1769 to stop others copying his invention. This spinning machine spins 96 ... so they were called Water Frames. Now it is the only complete machine of its kind ...

Arkwright paid for a patent in 1769 to stop others copying his invention. This spinning machine spins 96 ... so they were called Water Frames. Now it is the only complete machine of its kind ...