What long term impact did the development of the power loom have on great britain?

The power loom was one of the first inventions to appear at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. This mechanized loom revolutionized the way weavers worked in England.

The power loom had many important effects for the country. It reduced the demand for skilled weavers, which led to unemployment. However, on the long term, the loom had many positive effects. It made cloth more affordable, thus increasing the demand for it. It also increased exports, which stimulated the economy.

in his book, the riddle of the rosetta stone, james giblin talks about how there was a young british polymath and physician named thomas young who made a lot of advances on the deciphering of the rosetta stone. he says that even though young made a lot of mistakes because he was working under false assumptions, he also made huge contributions like deciphering three out of the seven symbols (more than anyone else before him). young published his findings and continued his good work but he wasn't able to progress much further due to some unfavorable situations, he still laid the basis for many other scholars and of course for the man who has been generally known to have deciphered it, jean-françois champollion