Automatic Looms
Definition
An automatic loom is an innovation in textile industry that mechanizes the process of weaving cloth, making it faster and more efficient.
Analogy
Think of automatic looms as a self-playing piano. Just like how the piano can play music on its own following a programmed roll, an automatic loom weaves patterns into cloth without needing someone to manually control every movement.
Related terms
Industrial Revolution: A period from 1760 to 1840 where major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, and transport had a profound effect on the socioeconomic conditions. The invention of automatic looms was part of this revolution.
Textile Industry: An industry concerned with production of yarn, and cloth and the subsequent design or manufacture of clothing and their distribution.
Spinning Jenny: An early spinning machine with multiple spindles that was one of the key developments in the industrialization of textile production during the Industrial Revolution.
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