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  2. Cotton-spinning machinery - Wikipedia

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    The spinning mule became self-acting (automatic) in 1830s. The mule was the most common spinning machine from 1790 until about 1900, but was still used for fine yarns until the 1960s. A cotton mill in 1890 would contain over 60 mules, each with 1320 spindles. [8]

  3. Spinning (textiles) - Wikipedia

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    Spinning is a twisting technique to form yarn from fibers.The fiber intended is drawn out, twisted, and wound onto a bobbin.A few popular fibers that are spun into yarn other than cotton, which is the most popular, are viscose (the most common form of rayon), animal fibers such as wool, and synthetic polyester. [1]

  4. Spinning wheel - Wikipedia

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    An elderly Irish woman with a spinning wheel Hindoo Spinning-Wheel (1852) [1]. A spinning wheel is a device for spinning thread or yarn from fibres. [2] It was fundamental to the cotton textile industry prior to the Industrial Revolution.

  5. Combing - Wikipedia

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    Combing is a method for preparing carded fibre for spinning. Combing aligns fibers in parallel before spinning to produce a smoother, stronger, and more lustrous yarn. The process of combing is accompanied by gilling, a process of evening out carded or combed top making it suitable for spinning. Combing separates out short fibres by means of a ...

  6. Paul-Wyatt cotton mills - Wikipedia

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    The Paul-Wyatt cotton mills were the world's first mechanised cotton spinning factories. [1] Operating from 1741 until 1764 they were built to house the roller spinning machinery invented by Lewis Paul and John Wyatt. They were not very profitable but they spun cotton successfully for several decades. [2]

  7. Cotton mill - Wikipedia

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    Spinning mills in Ancoats, Manchester, England – representation of a mill-dominated townscape. A cotton mill is a building that houses spinning or weaving machinery for the production of yarn or cloth from cotton, [1] an important product during the Industrial Revolution in the development of the factory system.

  8. Lewis Paul - Wikipedia

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    Lewis Paul was of Huguenot descent. His father was physician to Lord Shaftesbury.He may have begun work on designing a spinning machine for cotton as early as 1729, but probably did not make practical progress until after 1732 when he met John Wyatt, a carpenter then working in Birmingham for a gun barrel forger.

  9. Spinning frame - Wikipedia

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    The spinning frame is an Industrial Revolution invention for spinning thread or yarn from fibres such as wool or cotton in a mechanized way. It was developed in 18th-century Britain by Richard Arkwright and John Kay .

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