In Britain Samuel Slater had worked in a factory that used machines invented by Richard Arkwright for spinning cotton threads. Slater memorized the design of Arkwright's machines and slipped out of Britain in 1789. Once in the United States, Slater took over the management of a cotton mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. There he duplicated Arkwright's machines.
In Britain Samuel Slater had worked in a factory that used machines invented by Richard Arkwright for spinning cotton threads. Slater memorized the design of Arkwright's machines and slipped out of Britain in 1789. Once in the United States, Slater took over the management of a cotton mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. There he duplicated Arkwright's machines.
A British factory worker named Samuel Slater memorized the plans of the British machines and moved to the U.S., where he wrote a letter to a wealthy merchant, who gave him money to develop the first machine. Americans started building textile mills after his wife came up with created a way to make thread stronger.
No, the recipient of an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) will not be called Sir. The title of Sir is typically reserved for individuals who have been knighted, such as recipients of knighthoods like Knights Bachelor (addressed as Sir) or Knights of the British Empire (addressed as Sir or Dame).
Luddites
Yes, many saddlemakers use their machines.
The tracked vehicle was the British tank.
Samuel Slater is often credited with bringing the industrial revolution to the US by bringing British textile machinery knowledge to America. He memorized the techniques and designs of the machines used in British textile factories and then recreated them in the US. With the construction of the first American cotton-spinning mill in 1790, Slater helped establish the foundation for the industrialization of the American textile industry.
Eli Whitney invented the cotton grin. slater came to improve resources. the british passed laws to prevent the export machines or plans for the machines but the british businesses wanted to make it a secret. the industrial revolution means to a person to make something by hand.
The Humour... British is a bit "hows yer father"? and American is piped in via these machines that let the audience know something was funny
They are known as Luddites.
Herbert Simon
The term BSP refers to a thread known as British Standard Pipe, there is also BSPT, this is British Standard Pipe Tapered.