Richard Roberts Collection

The late Mr. Richard Roberts, mechanician and engineer, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The late Mr. Richard Roberts, mechanician and engineer, 1864. Portrait of...one of those single-minded servants of science and the useful arts whose fate is, too often

Cotton manufacture, 1850
3480197 Cotton manufacture, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting cotton manufacture with mules spinning. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Sharp and Robertss Power Loom (engraving) (b&w photo)
XJF105860 Sharp and Robertss Power Loom (engraving) (b&w photo) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: development in 1822 of Horrocks earlier model; ); English

Finishing Roving Frame, by Platt, Brothers & Co. Oldham, 1874. Artist: GB Smith
Finishing Roving Frame, by Platt, Brothers & Co. Oldham, 1874. The Roving Frame winds spindles with thread. Platt Bros & Co manufactured textile machinery and by the end of the 19th century

Drawing Frame, by Platt, Brothers & Co. Oldham, 1874. Artist: GB Smith
Drawing Frame, by Platt, Brothers & Co. Oldham, 1874. Textile machinery, the drawing frame is located in the spinning process

Self-Acting Mule. Sharp & Roberts Principle, by P. MacGregor, Manchester, 1874. Artist: GB Smith
Self-Acting Mule.-Sharp & Roberts Principle, by P. MacGregor, Manchester, 1874. Richard Roberts (1789-1864) was a British patternmaker

Cotton manufacture: mule spinning, c1830. A self-acting mule of the type devised by Richard Roberts in 1825. Roberts spinning mule produced better yarn than any other machine

Spinning cotton with self-acting mules of the type devised by Richard Roberts in 1825 (c1835). These could be powered by water wheel or steam engine

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