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Edmund Cartwright was born in 1743 and died in 1823. He was a minister in the Church of England. He attended Oxford. He invented the mechanical loom (patented April 4, 1785.) He invented the steam powered loom in 1797 and it was powered by alcohol. His wool combing machine (1789) took the work of 20 people.

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