In 1768, Arkwright, having completed the model of a machine for spinning cotton thread, removed to Preston.At this time he had hardly a penny in the world, and was almost in rags.On the occasion of a contested election, the party with whom he voted had to supply him with a decent suit of clothes before he could present himself at the polling-booth!He got leave, however, to set up his machine in the dwelling-house attached to the Free Grammar School;but, afraid of the hostility of the spinners, he thought it best to leave Lancashire, and go to Nottingham.Poor and friendless, it may easily be supposed that Arkwright found it a hard matter to get any one to back him in a speculation which people then regarded as hopeless.He at length succeeded in convincing Messrs. Need and Strutt, stocking-weavers in the place,of the value of his invention, and induced them to enter into partnership with him.In 1769 he took out a patent for the spinning-frame as its inventor,and a mill, worked by horse-power, was erected for spinning cotton by the new machine.
1768年，阿科莱特完成了棉线纺纱机模型，搬到普雷斯顿去住。那时，他几乎身无分文，近乎衣衫褴褛。在竞争激烈的选举中，他所投票的政党给他买了一套得体的衣服，他才得以前往投票站！但是，他得到了许可，可以在普林普顿自由文法学校附属的住宅里安装机器；但是，为了躲避纺织厂，他认为自己最好还是离开兰开夏郡，前往诺丁汉。孤苦伶仃的他找不到愿意赞助他的人，因为人们认为这是毫无希望的事情。他最终说服了纺织厂的老板内德和斯特拉特先生，让他们相信他的发明的价值，并说服他们与他合作。1769年，他为自己的发明的精纺机申请了专利，一家曾经靠马匹运转的工厂装备了这种新机器，并用它来纺织棉花。
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