See also:

• EDMUND
• EDMUND, or EADMUND (c. 980-1016)
• EDMUND, SAINT [EDMUND RICE] (d. 1240)

EDMUND See also:

• EDMUND CARTWRIGHT (1743–1823)
• CARTWRIGHT, JOHN (1740–1824)
• CARTWRIGHT, PETER (1785–1872)
• CARTWRIGHT, SIR RICHARD JOHN (1835– )
• CARTWRIGHT, THOMAS (c. 1535–1603)
• CARTWRIGHT, WILLIAM (1611–1643)

CARTWRIGHT (1743–1823)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English inventor, younger See also:

• BROTHER

brother of See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

Major See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• CARTWRIGHT, EDMUND (1743–1823)
• CARTWRIGHT, JOHN (1740–1824)
• CARTWRIGHT, PETER (1785–1872)
• CARTWRIGHT, SIR RICHARD JOHN (1835– )
• CARTWRIGHT, THOMAS (c. 1535–1603)
• CARTWRIGHT, WILLIAM (1611–1643)

Cartwright (q.v.), was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Marnham, See also:

• NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, or NOTTS

Nottinghamshire, on the 24th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1743, and educated at See also:

• WAKEFIELD
• WAKEFIELD, GILBERT (1756-1801)

Wakefield See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar school . He began his academical studies at University See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, and in 1764 he was elected to a fellowship at Magdalen . In 1770 he published Armine and Elviia, a legendary poem, which was followed in 1779 by The See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince of See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

Peace . In 1779 he was presented to the rectory of -;oadby Marwood, See also:

• LEICESTERSHIRE

Leicestershire, to which in 1786 was added a prebend in the See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral of See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln . He took the degree of D.D. at Oxford in 18o6 . He would probably have passed an obscure See also:

• LIFE

life as a See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country clergyman had not his See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention been accidentally turned in 1784 to the possibility of applying machinery to See also:

• WEAVING

weaving . The result was that he invented a See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power-See also:

• LOOM

loom, for which he took out a patent in 1785; it was a See also:

• RUDE, FRANCOIS (1784–1855)

rude contrivance, though it was improved by subsequent See also:

• PATENTS

patents in 1786 and 1787, and gradually See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed into the See also:

• MODERN

modern power-loom . Removing to 'See also:

• DONCASTER

Doncaster in 1785, he started a weaving and See also:

• SPINNING (from O. Eng. spinnen, to spin, cf. Ger. spinnen, &c., the Teut. root is seen, to draw out, cf. span, spider)

spinning factory; it did not, however, prove a See also:

• FINANCIAL

financial success, and in 1793 he had to surrender it to his creditors . A See also:

• MILL
• MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
• MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
• MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
• MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)

mill at See also:

• MANCHESTER
• MANCHESTER (popularly Manchester-by-the-Sea)
• MANCHESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Manchester, in which a number of his See also:

• MACHINES

machines were installed, was wilfully destroyed by See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire in 1791 . In 1789 he patented a See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool-combing See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

machine, for which he took out further patents in 1790 and 1792; it effected large economies in the cost of manufacture, but its financial results were not more satisfactory to its inventor than those of the power-loom, even though in 18or See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament extended the patent for fourteen years . In 1807 a memorial was presented to the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government urging the benefits that had been conferred on the country by the power-loom, and the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons voted him £1o,000 in 1809 . He then See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased a small See also:

• FARM

farm at Hollander, near See also:

• SEVENOAKS

Sevenoaks, See also:

• KENT
• KENT, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• KENT, JAMES (1763-1847)
• KENT, WILLIAM (1685-1748)

Kent, where he spent the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of his life .

He died at See also:

• HASTINGS
• HASTINGS, FRANCIS
• HASTINGS, FRANK ABNEY (1794-1828)
• HASTINGS, WARREN (1732-1818)

Hastings on the 30th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1823 . Other inventions of Cartwright's included a cordelier or machine for making rope (1992), and an See also:

• ENGINE
• ENGINE (Lat. ingenium)

engine working with See also:

• ALCOHOL

alcohol (1797), together with various agricultural implements .