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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 February 2025. Multi-spool spinning frame Model of spinning jenny in the Museum of Early Industrialisation, Wuppertal, Germany. The spinning jenny is a multi- spindle spinning frame, and was one of the key developments in the industrialisation of textile manufacturing during the early Industrial ...
The improved spinning jenny that was used in textile mills Model of the spinning jenny in a museum in Wuppertal, Germany. The idea for the spinning jenny is said to have come when a one-thread spinning wheel was overturned on the floor, and Hargreaves saw both the wheel and the spindle continuing to revolve.
The spinning jenny that was used in textile mills. The spinning jenny is a multi-spool spinning wheel. It was invented circa 1764, its invention attributed to James Hargreaves in Stanhill, near Blackburn, Lancashire. [4] The spinning jenny was essentially an adaptation of the spinning wheel. [5]
A drawing of Thomas Highs' spinning jenny, taken from Edward Baines's History of the Cotton Manufacture in Great Britain. Thomas Highs (1718–1803), of Leigh, Lancashire, was a reed-maker [1] [2] and manufacturer of cotton carding and spinning engines in the 1780s, during the Industrial Revolution.
His father taught him about carding and spinning. In 1785, he purchased several spinning machines that had been developed by James Hargreaves. Hargreaves' machine, called the spinning jenny, was the first wholly successful improvement on the traditional spinning wheel.
Richard Arkwright employed John Kay to produce a new spinning machine that Kay had worked on with (or possibly stolen from) another inventor named Thomas Highs. [2] With the help of other local craftsmen, including Peter Atherton, the team developed the spinning frame, which produced a stronger thread than the spinning jenny invented by James Hargreaves. [3]
Jerusalem miniature donkey Perry at Barron Park in Palo Alto, California. At 30 years old, Perry died on Jan. 2, 2025. Perry served as the model for the Donkey character in animated movie, "Shrek."
Elisabeth Forsell (fl. 1747) was a Swedish weaver regarded as a pioneer within the linen industry in Finland, where she was active from 1739 to 1747.She introduced the spinning jenny and the linen weaver profession in Finland, and had an unusual position for her gender at the time, being a woman sent on government support and power of attorney to in effect introduce a new profession.