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  2. Spinning jenny - Wikipedia

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    The spinning jenny was invented by James Hargreaves.He was born in Oswaldtwistle, near Blackburn, around 1720.Blackburn was a town with a population of about 5,000, known for the production of "Blackburn greys," cloths of linen warp and cotton weft initially imported from India.

  3. James Hargreaves - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Textile manufacture during the British Industrial Revolution

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    The multiple spindle spinning jenny was invented in 1764. James Hargreaves is credited as the inventor. This machine increased the thread production capacity of a single worker — initially eightfold and subsequently much further. Others [10] credit the original invention to Thomas Highs.

  5. Cotton-spinning machinery - Wikipedia

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    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]

  6. Hand spinning - Wikipedia

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    Powered spinning, originally done by water or steam power but now done by electricity, is vastly faster than hand-spinning. The spinning jenny, a multi-spool spinning wheel invented c. 1764 by James Hargreaves, dramatically reduced the amount of work needed to produce yarn of high consistency, with a single worker able to work eight or more ...

  7. Cotton mill - Wikipedia

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    The weaving process was the first to be mechanised by the invention of John Kay's flying shuttle in 1733. The manually-operated spinning jenny was developed by James Hargreaves in about 1764, and speeded up the spinning process. [7]

  8. The Overdue, Under-Told Story Of The Clitoris

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    From ancient history to the modern day, the clitoris has been discredited, dismissed and deleted -- and women's pleasure has often been left out of the conversation entirely. Now, an underground art movement led by artist Sophia Wallace is emerging across the globe to challenge the lies, question the myths and rewrite the rules around sex and the female body.

  9. List of English inventions and discoveries - Wikipedia

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    1764: The spinning jenny invented by James Hargreaves (c. 1720–1778). 1767: Spinning frame invented by John Kay of Warrington. 1769: The water frame, a water-powered spinning frame, developed by Richard Arkwright (1732–1792). 1775–1779: Spinning mule invented by Samuel Crompton (1753–1827). 1784: Power loom invented by Edmund Cartwright ...