!!!Thornton, John

b. Manchester (United Kingdom), 1771, 
d. Baden (Lower Austria), March 28, 1847, mechanic and inventor. From 
1801 in Vienna, 1802-1843 director of the first mechanical spinning 
mill in Pottendorf (Lower Austria), numerous privileges for the 
construction of spinning and weaving machines.



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