WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -James Hargreaves’ ‘Spinning Jenny’, the patent for which is shown here, would revolutionise the process of cotton spinning. 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: -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-3: -Before the spinning jenny, the flying shuttle dramatically increased the speed of weaving cloth. Around the same time the spinning jenny was created, Richard Arkwright invented the water frame, a mechanical device powered by water wheels that was used to spin thread.

Detailed explanation-4: -1769: Sir Richard Arkwright invented the water frame. Now weavers could keep up with all the thread that was being made. After the invention of the water frame, one weaver could weave the yarn from four spinners!