Today in our modern society, we live in a world so full of products, that it is hardly possible to imagine a life without machines. One of the great advances to this world was taken in the early 18th century, when the development of the spinning machine by Sir Richard Arkwright in England led directly to the rise of The Industrial Revolution, and a new world of manufactured products.
Before factories took over, the manufacturing of clothes was all made by hand in the individual homes called The Domestic System. Coal unlocked the great potential of making the machines that could manufacture fabrics and clothes much smarter, faster, and cheaper, than The Domestic System had ever done. As the population grew, so did the demand of fabrics. As a consequence of that, the clothing industry became the biggest industry during The Industrial Revolution. Moreover, the demand of coal was increasing so the miners had to dig deeper into the mines. In 1708 Thomas Newcomen invented the steam pump, which was used primarily to pump water out of the mines to access more coal. Afterwards, James Watt patented on an upgrade of the steam pump and invented a rotary engine, which revolutionized the manufacturing of clothes. Watt’s first rotating engine appeared in a spinning-mill in 1785, which before was driven by waterpower for cotton mills. Nevertheless, many disadvantages were connected to this method such as, the power sometimes could slow down or stop, but with the new invented engine, it just kept on going.
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