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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 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 ...
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.
In 1764, in the village of Stanhill, Lancashire, James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny, which he patented in 1770. It was the first practical spinning frame with multiple spindles. [50] The jenny worked in a similar manner to the spinning wheel, by first clamping down on the fibres, then by drawing them out, followed by twisting. [51]
Samuel Crompton of Bolton combined elements of the spinning jenny and water frame in 1779, creating the spinning mule. This mule produced a stronger thread than the water frame could. Thus in 1780, there were two viable hand-operated spinning systems that could be easily adapted to run by power of water. [12]
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.
A samara is sometimes called a key [2] and is often referred to as a wingnut, helicopter, whirlybird, whirligig, polynose, or, in the north of England, a spinning jenny. [6] During the autumn months, they are a popular source of amusement for people that enjoy tossing them in the air and watching them spin to the ground.
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James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny, which was a multi-spindle spinning frame, and was one of the key developments in the industrialisation of textile manufacturing during the early Industrial Revolution. James Small advances the design of the plough using mathematical methods to improve on the Scotch plough of James Anderson of ...