HISTORY
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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wove cloth quickly
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was powered by water
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made production slow
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spun many threads at one time
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Detailed explanation-1: -The machine used eight spindles onto which the thread was spun, so by turning a single wheel, the operator could now spin eight threads at once.
Detailed explanation-2: -The idea was developed by Hargreaves as a metal frame with eight wooden spindles at one end. A set of eight rovings was attached to a beam on that frame.
Detailed explanation-3: -Inventor: The Spinning Jenny was invented in 1764 by James Hargreaves, a British weaver, and carpenter from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, England. Hargreaves named the device “Jenny” after his daughter or possibly as a derivation of the word “engine."
Detailed explanation-4: -The spinning jenny was commonly used in the cotton industry until about 1810 when the spinning mule replaced it. These major technological improvements in looms, weaving, and spinning led to the growth of the textile industry, which was a significant part of the birth of factories.
Detailed explanation-5: -Is the Spinning jenny still used today ? It is not used today because it has been out-invented as it were. After the spinning jenny, there was the spinning mule, which is the foreboding contraption you would have found in Victorian mills. It used children to operate and was quite dangerous.