A memoir of the life, writings, and mechanical inventions of Edmund Cartwright

Edmund Cartwright was an English inventor. He graduated from Oxford University and went on to invent the power loom. Cartwright also patented a wool combing machine in 1789 and a cordelier in 1792. He also designed a steam engine that used alcohol instead of water. In this book, the path life took to lead him to become an inventor is remembered and celebrated.