In 1732 Lewis Paul and John Wyatt invented roller spinning--the "one novel idea of the first importance" in the development of the mechanised cotton industry--and in 1741 they opened the world's first cotton mill in Birmingham's Upper Priory.
Lewis Paul and John Wyatt invented roller spinning--the "one novel idea of the first importance" in the development of the mechanised cotton industry. This was in 1732. They opened the world's first cotton mill in Birmingham's Upper Priory. This was in 1741.