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: -The hand-powered spinning jenny was patented by James Hargreaves in 1770. The development of the spinning wheel into the spinning jenny was a significant factor in the industrialization of the textile industry, though its product was inferior to that of Richard Arkwright’s water frame.

Detailed explanation-3: -James Hargreaves, Hargreaves also spelled Hargraves, (baptized January 8, 1721, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, England-died April 22, 1778, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire), English inventor of the spinning jenny, the first practical application of multiple spinning by a machine.

Detailed explanation-4: -Plan for the spinning Jenny invented by James Hargreaves, 1770. This was a very important invention because it meant that eight threads could be spun at a time, rather than a single thread using a spinning wheel, Catalogue ref: (C 210/11/3/30/07) Completed Spinning Jenny Image (right) via Wellcome Images.