een busy for some time trying to produce a new spinning-machine with another man, Thomas Highs of Leigh. Kay and Highs had run out of money and had been forced to abandon the project" (Richard Arkwright ). Arkwright took over the project and eventually finished the spinning-machine, which would become known as the Spinning Frame. "Arkwright's machine involved three sets of paired rollers that turned at different speeds. While these rollers produced yarn of the correct thickness, a set of spindles twisted the fibers firmly together." (Richard Arkwright ). When Arkwright went to seek financial help from Ichabod Wright, a banker in Nottingham, Wright introduced him to Jedediah Strutt and Samuel Need. Both of these men were very interested in Arkwright's machine and agreed to form a partnership. From there, Arkwright expanded the business, and he continued opening textile factories all over, including places such as Lancashire, Staffordshire, and Scotland. Other businessmen wanted to know how Arkwright successfully ran his mills so that spies would be sent to the factories. This led to the spread of factories throughout the country.
             Arkwright soon felt the need to begin using the new steam engine developed by James Watt. Watt's years of work in his instrument-making shop, where he became an expert engineer, is what made it possible to improve the steam engine. It now used a rotary system, instead of the up and down pumping mot
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