spinning jenny
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The spinning jenny was a multi-spindle spinning frame that dramatically increased yarn production and helped transform textile manufacturing during the early Industrial Revolution.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
industrial invention
ⓘ
spinning machine ⓘ textile machinery ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
machine-breaking riots
ⓘ
technological unemployment fears ⓘ |
| category |
18th-century inventions
ⓘ
British inventions ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
growth of factory system
ⓘ
increase in cotton cloth production ⓘ mechanization of textile production ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| developedIn | Lancashire ⓘ |
| effect |
increased availability of yarn for weaving
ⓘ
lower yarn prices ⓘ |
| era | early Industrial Revolution ⓘ |
| followedBy |
spinning mule
ⓘ
water frame ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
clamp to hold rovings
ⓘ
hand-powered mechanism ⓘ horizontal frame ⓘ multiple spindles ⓘ sliding carriage ⓘ |
| increased | yarn output per worker ⓘ |
| industry | textile industry ⓘ |
| influenced |
later spinning frames
ⓘ
spinning mule ⓘ |
| inventedBy | James Hargreaves ⓘ |
| inventionDate | c. 1764 ⓘ |
| locationOfEarlyUse |
Blackburn
ⓘ
Lancashire cottages ⓘ |
| materialInput |
cotton roving
ⓘ
wool roving ⓘ |
| namedAfter | female given name Jenny ⓘ |
| opposedBy | hand spinners ⓘ |
| output | spun yarn ⓘ |
| patentDate | 1770 ⓘ |
| poweredBy | human power ⓘ |
| precededBy | spinning wheel ⓘ |
| reduced | labor required for spinning ⓘ |
| replaced | single-spindle spinning wheel ⓘ |
| typicalSpindleCount |
16 spindles (later models)
ⓘ
8 spindles (early models) ⓘ up to 120 spindles (advanced models) ⓘ |
| usedFor |
spinning cotton
ⓘ
spinning wool ⓘ yarn production ⓘ |
| usedIn |
domestic textile production
ⓘ
early factories ⓘ |
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