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Richard Arkwright
Entrepreneur and business-savvy inventor Richard Arkwright has filed a patent for a new type of production machine that uses water power to drive a series of spinning rollers. This allows for the continuous production of cotton thread, greatly improving efficiency and output. He is, however, facing some legal challenges over the originality of the invention, a process which could take some time to resolve, delaying the implementation of this new contraption.
Textile MillBuildingtrigger
EnglandCountrydynamic historical event.tag
Traditionalist vs InnovativeSocietal ValuetriggerDefinitionin_game/events/DHE/flavor_ENG.txt:23586
23587type = country_event
23589fire_only_once = yes
23591title = flavor_eng.231.title Richard Arkwright
23592desc = flavor_eng.231.desc Entrepreneur and business-savvy inventor Richard Arkwright has filed a patent for a new type of production machine that uses water power to drive a series of spinning rollers. This allows for the continuous production of cotton thread, greatly improving efficiency and output. He is, however, facing some legal challenges over the originality of the invention, a process which could take some time to resolve, delaying the implementation of this new contraption.
23593outcome = neutral
23595dynamic_historical_event = {
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23602trigger = {
23604region:great_britain_region = {
23605any_location_in_region = {
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23615image = "gfx/interface/icons/trade_goods/illustrations/icon_goods_cotton.dds"
23616immediate = {
23618create_character = {
23619first_name = name_richard
23620last_name = Arkwright
23621adm = 27
23622dip = 31
23623mil = 10
23624birth_location = location:lancaster
23625birth_date = 1732.1.1
23627script = eng_richard_arkwright
23628save_scope_as = richard_arkwright
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23633capital = {
23633save_scope_as = target_location
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23659historical_info = flavor_eng.231.historical_info Richard Arkwright was an English inventor who made several innovations for the textile industry during the early onset of industrialization. His most important contributions were the spinning wheel and water wheel, which revolutionized the production of cotton thread and paved the way for a transition from the domestic system of textile production to the factory system.