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synonyms for spinning jenny

  • bobbin and fly frame
  • jenny
  • mule
  • mule-jenny
  • spinning machine
  • spinning reel
  • spinning wheel
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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.
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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 WOMEN OF TOMORROWWILLIAM HARD
The spinning jenny came into use a little after 1750, and the power loom was invented near the close of the century.
AMERICAN INVENTIONS AND INVENTORSWILLIAM A. MOWRY
In that year James Hargreaves completed his invention of the spinning-jenny, which he patented in 1770.
THE GREAT EVENTS BY FAMOUS HISTORIANS, V. 13VARIOUS
First there must be a spinning-jenny to go by steam, to the wheel of which there must be a hand-organ.
THE KENTUCKIAN IN NEW-YORK, VOLUME I (OF 2)WILLIAM ALEXANDER CARUTHERS
The first to be brought to actual completion was Hargreaves' spinning-jenny, invented in 1764.
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE INDUSTRIAL AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF ENGLANDEDWARD POTTS CHEYNEY
Now, the coal-mines have aided the spinning-jenny, but the worsteds are overshadowed by other Norwich manufactures.
ENGLAND, PICTURESQUE AND DESCRIPTIVEJOEL COOK
Then came the spinning-jenny, which spun yarn with a hundred spindles on each machine.
HOME LIFE IN COLONIAL DAYSALICE MORSE EARLE
Poetry is one man's Jack-o'lantern, and a spinning-jenny is another's.
GEORGE CRUIKSHANK'S OMNIBUSGEORGE CRUIKSHANK
This machine united the powers of the spinning jenny and the water frame.
LANCASHIRE SKETCHESEDWIN WAUGH
In 1770, James Hargreaves got a patent on his spinning jenny.
THE STORY OF MANKINDHENDRIK VAN LOON
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO SPINNING JENNY

  • bobbin and fly frame
  • jenny
  • mule
  • mule-jenny
  • spinning jenny
  • spinning machine
  • spinning reel
  • spinning wheel
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.