GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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INVENTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Spinning frame was invented by
A
Samuel Morse
B
Antoine Joseph Sax
C
Charles Macintosh
D
Sir Richard Arkwright
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The spinning frame is an Industrial Revolution invention for spinning thread or yarn from fibres such as wool or cotton in a mechanized way. It was developed in 18th-century Britain by Richard Arkwright and John Kay.

Detailed explanation-2: -This became known as the water-frame, which used water power at Arkwright’s mill at Cromford, Derbyshire in 1771. The machine made it possible to mass produce strong yarn and reduced the need to spin cotton by hand.

Detailed explanation-3: -One such invention was the cotton mill. Richard Arkwright established the world’s first water powered cotton mill in 1771.

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