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Paul Moody (May 23, 1779 - July 5, 1831) was a U.S. textile machinery inventor born in Byfield, Massachusetts (Town of Newbury). He is often credited with developing and perfecting the first power loom in America, which launched the first successful integrated cotton mill at Waltham, Massachusetts in 1814, under the leadership of Francis Cabot Lowell and his associates. ==Early life== Paul Moody was born May 23, 1779 at Byfield, Massachusetts, the son of Paul Moody and one of nine children. Although Moody's academic education was limited, at age sixteen he learned the weaver's craft,〔 and soon became an expert. He later went to work at a nail factory of Jacob Perkins, first in Byfield and later in Amesbury, Massachusetts when the company moved. In 1812 he worked for Kendrick and Worthen, makers of carding machinery.〔History of Lowell and Its People By Frederick William Coburn〕 On July 13, 1800 (one source says September 1798〔), he married Susan Morrill of Amesbury.〔 The couple went on to have three sons. Soon after his marriage, he partnered with Ezra Worthen, Thomas Boardman and Samuel Wigglesworth to form the Amesbury Wool and Cotton Manufacturing Company. It was incorporated on February 16, 1813.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul Moody (inventor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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