Spinning Jenny

The Spinning Jenny, also called Spinning Engine was invented in 1764 by James Hargreaves (1720 – 1778).

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In the 18th – Century happened to be an acute deprivation of yarn in the county Lancashire. Due to this deprivation the British Society of Arts announced a competition where they looked out for a machine with the ability to spin six twines of wool, flax, hemp or cotton at the same time and which is run by only one person (Ziegler 2).

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Braudel, Fernand. Civilization and Capitalism. 15th – 18th Century. 3. vols. Transl. Sian Reynolds. London: William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, 1984.

Deutsches Museum. Die Spinning Jenny von James Hagreaves. Die Legende von der kleinen Jenny. Auszug aus: Meisterwerke aus dem Deutschen Museum. 4. vols. < link title(Last use: 26.01.2010).

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