James Hargreaves

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English inventor of the Spinning Jenny textile machine

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Jeremy BamberBoring History for Sleep · Coal, Steam, and the Industrial Revolution ⚙️🔥 | Bori... · 1:06:14 · 13 Sep
…The first major breakthrough came around 1764 from a weaver named James Hargreaves, who built a machine known as the Spinning Jenny.…
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UnknownBoring History for Sleep · What Ordinary Evenings Looked Like for Women in 1700s Househ... · 2:01:53 · 11 May
…The Spinning Jenny, invented by James Hargreaves around 1764, allowed a single operator to spin multiple threads simultaneously, reducing the labour required per unit of yarn output by a factor that made household spinning economically uncompetitive.…
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