(1768–1835), US inventor and industrialist; born in England. After building a technologically advanced spinning mill from memory in Rhode Island in 1793, he set up his own mills in New England.
Definition of Slater, Samuel in US English:
Slater, Samuel
proper nounˈslātər
(1768–1835), US inventor and industrialist; born in England. After building a technologically advanced spinning mill from memory in Rhode Island in 1793, he set up his own mills in New England.