The London Saturday Journal Vol 1 PDF Download

Excerpt from The London Saturday Journal, Vol. 1: Nos. I to XXVI; January to June, 1839 In 1767, James Hargreaves, an illiterate but ingenious mechanic, invented the spinning jenny; in 1769 Arkwright took out his patent for spinning by rollers; Mr. Crompton, of Bolton, invented the mule jenny in 1775; and'the Rev. Mr. Cartwright took out a patent for his invention of the power loom in 1787. The improvements made by Watt on the steam-engine, gave a giant's hand and strength to the cotton manufacture; and both together developed trade and commerce to an extent almost inconceivable, sustained a war of enormous weight, and supplied an expenditure far beyond the most sanguine imagination of the most daring speculator, who only knew Britain previous to the year 1767 and aided in the increase of a population, whose numbers and demands will yet produce extraordinary changes in society. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.