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Johann Georg Bodmer

Swiss inventor

Arkwright, detail of an engraving by J. Jenkins after a portrait by Joseph Wright

Sir Richard Arkwright

British industrialist and inventor

William Cockerill

British inventor

John Wyatt

English mechanic

Wool-carding machine by Lewis Paul

Lewis Paul

English inventor