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Water-wheel powered, the Arkwright produced high-quality cotton thread at unprecedented speed.
From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026
In Roy Clarke's Open All Hours, she played the long-suffering Nurse Gladys, who resisted the amorous attempts of shop owner Albert Arkwright, played by Barker, to woo her.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2022
The British ambassador, Paul Arkwright, said embassy staff were concerned and are talking to the government.
From The Guardian • Nov. 1, 2018
In the Arkwright and Forest Park communities in Spartanburg, South Carolina, residents were living near contaminated industrial sites and a landfill — and dying of respiratory illnesses and cancer at extraordinary rates.
From Salon • Aug. 3, 2017
In 1767 Richard Arkwright, another native of Lancashire, invented the spinning-frame, which was able to yield a thread fine enough and firm enough to make the warp.
From Great Inventions and Discoveries by Piercy, Willis Duff
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