1. Why does Guest consider steam power one of the great inventions of the age?
2. Concerning Edmund Cartwright, what motivated him to design and build a power loom? What training did he have for such a task? Whom did he recruit to help him?
3. After a number of improvements in Cartwright design, how quickly was the power loom adopted by cotton manufacturers in and around Manchester?
4.How was the weaving of cotton cloth affected by the introduction of the power loom?
5. How did the introduction of the power loom affect worker productivity? How did it affect the quality of cotton textiles?
