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Spinning jenny
The
spinning jenny
, is a multi-
spindle
spinning frame
, and was one of the key developments in the
industrialization
of
weaving
during the early
Industrial Revolution
. It was invented in 1764 by
James Hargreaves
in Stanhill,
Oswaldtwistle
,
Lancashire
in England. The device reduced the amount of work needed to produce
yarn
, with a worker able to work eight or more spools at once. This grew to 120 as technology advanced.
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