Spinny Jenn y
By: Jeffery Humphrey
Inventor/Invention
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Spinning Jenny Invented by James Hargraves
Used to spin multiple spools of cotton or wool yarn
Increased production by 8 times more than a single worker
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Prompted shift from cottage industries to factory-based production, as
machines grew to 120+ spindles
Sources
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Allen, Robert C. “The Spinning Jenny: A Fresh Look.” The Journal of Economic History, vol. 71, no.
2, 2011, pp. 499–532.
Humphries, Jane, and Jacob Weisdorf. “Spinning the Industrial Revolution.” The Economic History
Review, vol. 71, no. 1, 2018, pp. 1–33.
Styles, John. “The Rise and Fall of the Spinning Jenny: Domestic Mechanisation in
Eighteenth-Century Cotton Spinning.” Textile History, vol. 51, no. 2, 2020, pp. 173–200.