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See also:HORROCKS, See also:JOHN (1768–1804) , See also:British See also:cotton manufacturer, was See also:born at See also:Edgeworth, near See also:Bolton, in 1768. His See also:father was the owner of a small See also:quarry, and John Horrocks spent his See also:early days in dressing and polishing millstones. The See also:Lancashire 'cotton See also:industry was then in its See also:infancy, but Horrocks was greatly impressed with its future possibilities, and he managed to obtain a few See also:spinning-frames which he erected in a corner of his father's offices. For a See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time he combined cotton-spinning on a very small See also:scale with See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone-working, but finally devoted himself entirely to cotton-spinning, working the frames with his own hands, and travelling through the Lancashire manufacturing districts to sell the See also:yarn. His goods obtained a reputation for quality, and his customers increased so rapidly that in 1791 he removed to See also:Preston, where he began to manufacture cotton shirtings and See also:long-cloths in addition to spinning the cotton yarn. By taking full See also:advantage of the machinery invented for manufacturing textiles, and by rigidly maintaining the quality of his goods, Horrocks rapidly See also:developed his business, and with the aid of the See also:capital of a See also:local banker, whom he took into See also:partnership, erected within a See also:year of his arrival in Preston his first large See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill, securing shortly afterwards from the See also:East See also:India See also:Company a See also:monopoly of the manufacture of cottons and muslins for the See also:Indian See also:market. The demand for Horrocks's goods continued to increase, and to See also:cope with the additional See also:work he took first an See also:elder See also:brother and in i8o1 a Mr See also:Whitehead and a Mr 'See also:Miller into partnership, the See also:title of the See also:firm being altered to Horrockses, Miller, & Co. In 1802 he entered See also:parliament as tory member for Preston. He died in See also:London in 1804 of See also:brain-See also:fever resulting from over-work.
End of Article: HORROCKS, JOHN (1768–1804)
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