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Updated: June 25, 2025
From Brindley, the constructor of the earliest great canal, to Joseph Gillott, the inventor of the very steel pen with which this book is written; from Arkwright the barber who fashioned the first spinning-machine, to Crompton the weaver, whose mule gave rise to the mighty Manchester cotton trade; from Newcomen, who made the first rough attempt at a steam-engine, to Stephenson, who sent the iron horse from end to end of the land, the chief mechanical improvements in the country have almost all been due to the energy, intelligence, and skill of our labouring population.
This was greatly stimulated by the important inventions of tools, machines, and engines, made towards the close of last century, the products of which more especially of the steam-engine and spinning-machine so largely increased the wealth of the nation.
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