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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 HARDThe 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. MOWRYIn that year James Hargreaves completed his invention of the spinning-jenny, which he patented in 1770.
THE GREAT EVENTS BY FAMOUS HISTORIANS, V. 13VARIOUSFirst 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 CARUTHERSThe 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 CHEYNEYNow, the coal-mines have aided the spinning-jenny, but the worsteds are overshadowed by other Norwich manufactures.
ENGLAND, PICTURESQUE AND DESCRIPTIVEJOEL COOKThen came the spinning-jenny, which spun yarn with a hundred spindles on each machine.
HOME LIFE IN COLONIAL DAYSALICE MORSE EARLEPoetry is one man's Jack-o'lantern, and a spinning-jenny is another's.
GEORGE CRUIKSHANK'S OMNIBUSGEORGE CRUIKSHANKThis machine united the powers of the spinning jenny and the water frame.
LANCASHIRE SKETCHESEDWIN WAUGHIn 1770, James Hargreaves got a patent on his spinning jenny.
THE STORY OF MANKINDHENDRIK VAN LOONWORDS RELATED TO SPINNING JENNY
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