s)Р IntheUnitedStates,thefactorydevelopedfirstinthecottontextileindustry.DuetotheunusualnatureРofitsfounding,themillofAlmy,Brown,andSlater,inoperationby1793,isconsideredasthefirstAmeriРcanfactory.LikemanyotherAmericanenterprisers,theyhadtriedandfailedtoduplicateEnglishspinningРmachinery.In1789therecametoRhodeIslandayoungmechanicalwizard,SamuelSlater(塞缪尔·斯莱Р特),whohadworkedforyearsinthefirmofArkwrightandStruttinMilford,England.HavingmemorizedРtheminutestdetailsofthewaterframes(水框架),SlaterimmigratedtotheUnitedStates,wherehejoinedРwithAlmyandBrownandagreedtoreproducetheequipmentforamechanizedspinningmill.AlthoughРsmall,theenterpriseservedasatraininggroundforoperativesandasapilotoperationformanagers.Р 1) .Р — 9—