!!!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. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Thornton,_John|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]