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Illustration of Slater's spinning frame

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“The Making of a Hero: Samuel Slater and the Arkwright Frames.”

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Disputes the idea that Slater worked "strictly from memory" and without significant assistance 'in 1790 when he constructed and then successfully operated waterpowered textile machinery invented by Englishman Richard Arkwright."

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Conrad, James Lawson, Jr.

Date Published

1986

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http://www.rihs.org/assetts/files/publications/1986_Feb.pdf

Publisher

Rhode Island HIstorical Society

Place Of Publication

Providence, R.I.

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Rhode Island Historical Society

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11p.

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RIH, 45 (Feb. 1986), 3-13.

Periodical Title
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Rhode Island History

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