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Definition of Edmund cartwright
1. Noun. English clergyman who invented the power loom (1743-1823).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Edmund Cartwright
Literary usage of Edmund cartwright
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review (1844)
"... and Mechanical Inventions of edmund cartwright, DD, P.Jl.S., Inventor oj t//c
Power Loom, $c. Saunders and Otley. THIS Memoir, the preface informs us, ..."
2. Memoirs of the Most Eminent American Mechanics: Also, Lives of Distinguished by Henry Howe (1844)
"edmund cartwright was born in the year 1743, and -was the fourth son of William
Cartwright, Esq. of Marnham, in Nottinghamshire. ..."
3. Memoirs of the Most Eminent American Mechanics: Also, Lives of Distinguished by Henry Howe, New York Museum of Science and Industry Library (1852)
"edmund cartwright, THE INVENTOR OF THE POWER-LOOM. edmund cartwright was born in
the year 1743, and was the fourth son of William Cartwright, ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Common Pleas, and by Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, A. Moore, John Bernard Bosanquet, Christopher Puller (1826)
"... that in the mean time, and until such suit was determined, edmund cartwright
should continue legal owner of the patents, in trust for the Plaintiffs, ..."
5. Public Characters by Alexander Stephens (1801)
"edmund cartwright. THE subject of this memoir, so well known as a skilful mechanic
and agreeable poet, is the younger brother of John Cartwright, ..."
6. Self-made Men by Charles C. B. Seymour (1858)
"... even when they have been occupied in utterly different pursuits to those to
which they are now newly called. edmund cartwright was born in ..."
7. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1887)
"FE CARTWRIGHT, FRANCES DOROTHY (1780-1863), poetess and biographer, youngest
child of the Rev. edmund cartwright, DD ..."
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