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spinning jenny

noun as in spinning frame

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The spinning jenny replaced weavers, buttons displaced elevator operators, and the Internet drove travel agencies out of business.

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To Hargreaves, inventing the spinning-jenny, a mob and a flight from Lancashire, a wrecked machine and a sacked house!

The spinning jenny came into use a little after 1750, and the power loom was invented near the close of the century.

In that year James Hargreaves completed his invention of the spinning-jenny, which he patented in 1770.

First there must be a spinning-jenny to go by steam, to the wheel of which there must be a hand-organ.

The first to be brought to actual completion was Hargreaves' spinning-jenny, invented in 1764.

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On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to spinning jenny, such as: bobbin and fly frame, jenny, mule, mule-jenny, spinning machine, and spinning reel.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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