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The factory system developed in the late eighteenth century, chiefly due to the advances being made in the textile industry. With inventions such as the flying shuttle, the spinning jenny, and many others, the making of cloth became much faster, and could be done on a much wider scale .
Lowell patented the Reddy Tee and made a small fortune from it, but his patent was too broadly written, so other companies swooped in with their own versions. Lowell spent $140,000 pursuing copyright infringement lawsuits, which is a little ironic, considering that Grant was later credited with the invention. Lowell Smith sniffs at this. âYou could compare it to a fellow named William Henson, who invented an airplane before Orville and Wilbur Wright,â she says.