Spinning Jenny
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A one-page dictionary entry on James Hargreaves' spinning-jenny of 1767, from Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary. It explains how hand spinning limited cotton yarn supply, how Hargreaves developed the machine with vertical spindles and a movable wooden clasp, and how the name 'jenny' arose. It also notes Arkwright's later spinning-frame for warp yarn and Hargreaves' later career and patent troubles. Includes an engraving of the machine (Fig. 5411).
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- Article
- Date
- 1876
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- English
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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