JEDEDIAH See also:

• JEDEDIAH STRUTT (1726-1797)

STRUTT (1726-1797)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British inventor and manufacturer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• NORMANTON

Normanton, See also:

• DERBYSHIRE

Derbyshire, where his See also:

• FATHER

father occupied a See also:

• FARM

farm, on the 28th of See also:

• JULY

July 1726 . He was educated at a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good 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 school, with a view to becoming a See also:

• FARMER, RICHARD (1735–1787)

farmer, but, showing See also:

• GREAT

great aptitude for See also:

• MECHANICAL

mechanical arts, he was in 1740 articled for seven years to a wheelwright at Findern, near See also:

• DERBY
• DERBY, EARLS OF

Derby . Here he lodged with a hosier, Woollatt, whose daughter he married in 1755 . In the meantime he had inherited, from his See also:

• UNCLE

uncle, the stock on a farm at See also:

• BLACKWELL, THOMAS (1701-1757)

Blackwell, near south Normanton, now, and probably then, the See also:

• PROPERTY

property of the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• DEVONSHIRE (DEvoN)
• DEVONSHIRE, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Devonshire . While in occupation of this farm his See also:

• BROTHER

brother-in-See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Woollatt, brought to his See also:

• NOTICE

notice the efforts that had been unsuccessfully made to produce ribbed as well as See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain goods on the See also:

• STOCKING (a diminutive of " stock," post, stump, properly that which is stuck or fixed)

stocking See also:

• FRAME

frame,See also:

• RAND

rand here he invented See also:

• STRUTT, JEDEDIAH (1726-1797)

Strutt's Derby ribbing See also:

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

machine . See also:

• PATENTS

Patents were taken out by Strutt and Woollatt in 1758 and 1759 . Strutt went to live at Derby, and with his brother-in-law started a factory, " Derby Patent Ribs " at once becoming popular . In 1762 Strutt and Woollatt joined See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel Need, a hosier of See also:

• NOTTINGHAM
• NOTTINGHAM, CHARLES HOWARD, 1ST EARL OF1 (1536-1624)
• NOTTINGHAM, EARLS OF

Nottingham, and carried on there and at Derby a very successful business . In 1768 they were approached by See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard See also:

• ARKWRIGHT, SIR RICHARD (1732-1792)

Arkwright (q.v.), who had been recommended by Messrs See also:

• WRIGHT, CARROLL DAVIDSON (1840-1909)
• WRIGHT, CHAUNCEY (1830-1875)
• WRIGHT, JOSEPH (1734-1797)
• WRIGHT, SILAS (1795-1847)
• WRIGHT, THOMAS (1809–1884)
• WRIGHT, THOMAS (1810—1877)
• WRIGHT, WILLIAM ALDIS (1836– )

Wright, bankers of Nottingham, to consult Need as to the possibilities of his See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton-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 frame . Strutt at once realized its value, and was able to solve one or two See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor difficulties which had interrupted the smooth working of the new mechanism . The See also:

• FIRM

firm of Arkwright, Strutt & Need started their first cotton 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 Nottingham, with See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse See also:

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

power . Later See also:

• WORKS

works were erected at Cromford and, about 178o, after Strutt dissolved See also:

• PARTNERSHIP (earlier forms, partener, parcener, from Late Lat. partionarius for partitionarius, from partitio, sharing, pars, part)

partnership with Arkwright.. he built himself the See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills at See also:

• BELPER

Belper and See also:

• MILFORD

Milford, the greater See also:

• PART

part of which are still used .

The partnership with Need had terminated in 1773 with the expiration of the patents . Shortly before this Strutt had made the See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery, which revolutionized the manufacture of See also:

• CALICO

calico, that cotton could be used throughout in its making . To 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 the machinery for this new invention the first 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-See also:

• PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)

proof mill in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England was built at Derby . In See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to be near his See also:

• WORK

work Strutt built, from his own designs, Milford House, near Belper, where he lived until 1795, when See also:

• ILL

ill See also:

• HEALTH

health compelled him to return to Derby . Here he died in 1797 . He See also:

• LEFT

left three sons and two daughters . His eldest son, William Strutt (1756-1830), was also of great mechanical ability . It was he who designed the calico factory above mentioned; he applied himself to the house-See also:

• HEATING

heating problem and, finally, invented the Belper See also:

• STOVE

stove . He also devised a self-acting spinning See also:

• MULE (Lat. mulus)

mule, which had however no great success . He was a See also:

• FELLOW

fellow of the Royal Society . His son, See also:

• EDWARD

Edward Strutt (18o1-188o), was for some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time M.P. for Derby, and in 18.56 was raised to the See also:

• PEERAGE
• PEERAGE (Fr. pairage, med. Lat. paragium; M.E. Pere, 0. Fr. per, peer, later pair; Lat. Paris, " equal ")

peerage with the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron Belper of Belper .