What was Edmund Cartwright’s contribution to the Industrial Revolution in England?
a) Cartwright and his associates designed a mechanical loom, which allowed manufacturers to bypass weavers’ guilds.
b) Cartwright and his associates made significant improvements to James Hargreaves’s original spinning jenny.
Consider This: Guild members worked as private contractors and could make their own rules about production. See 7.2: New Problems, New Solutions.
c) Cartwright and his associates worked out an elaborate financing scheme to help factory owners pay for expensive equipment.
Consider This: Guild members worked as private contractors and could make their own rules about production. See 7.2: New Problems, New Solutions.
d) Cartwright and his associates created the first working cotton gin, speeding the spinning process.
Consider This: Guild members worked as private contractors and could make their own rules about production. See 7.2: New Problems, New Solutions.
a) Cartwright and his associates designed a mechanical loom, which allowed manufacturers to bypass weavers’ guilds.
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