Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,259 pages of information and 244,500 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Joseph Orford was born in Witham, Essex, in 1763. He became a locksmith, and moved to France, where he started making textile machinery. In 1806 he made a spinning mule with 240 spindles for the cotton mill of Delafontaine & Cie de Lescure. He died in France in 1841[1]
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