spinning jenny
Multi-spindle textile device
A spinning jenny is an early industrial machine for spinning multiple threads of yarn or cotton simultaneously.
Invented in 18th-century England, it allowed a single worker to operate many spindles at once, dramatically increasing textile production.
The jenny was a key innovation of the Industrial Revolution, helping shift cloth-making from cottage industry to factory production.
- bobbinSmall cylindrical thread holder
- wheelRotating circular frame
- yarnTwisted strand for crafts
- threadFiber for stitching
- mechanizationConverting to machine operation
textile · factory system · cotton mill · textile mill · roving · drawn thread · cotton · wool trade · steam engine · worsted · industrial revolution · twist · cloth · fiber · weave · mill · spool · warp
- Innovationselectricity, steam engine, printing press, telephone, telegraph
- textilescotton, wool, silk, fabric, thread
- industrializationfactory, industrial revolution, Industrial Revolution, factories, manufacturing
- machineryengine, machinery, industrial machinery, motors, engines
- British Inventionssteam engine, jet engine, power loom, telephone, television
- Industrial Revolutionsteam engine, railroad, factory, coal, iron
spinning jennyhand spinning
Creating yarn without machines
spinning wheel · distaff · hand-spun · handcraft · cottage industry
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