What is Spinning jenny?
[[File:Spinning jenny.jpg|300px|thumb|Model of the spinning jenny in a museum in Wuppertal, Germany]] The '''spinning jenny''' is a multi-spool spinning wheel. It was invented around 1764 by [[James Hargreaves]] (c. 1720 – 22 April 1778) in Stanhill, near [[Blackburn]], [[Lancashire]] in the northwest of [[England]]. The device meant that there was much less work needed to produce [[yarn]]. A single worker could work eight or more spools at once.<ref>Baines, Edward 1835. ''History of the cotton manufacture in Great Britain''. London: Fisher, Fisher Jackson.</ref> The spinning jenny was a huge success due to the fact that it could hold more than one ball of yarn, therefore making more clothing materials in a shorter amount of time while reducing the overall cost. [[Thomas Highs]] (1718–1803) also claimed [[patent]]s on the spinning jenny, and on other machines for cloth production.<ref>Marsden, Richard 1884. ''Cotton Spinning: its development, principles and practice''. London: George Bell and Sons.</ref> ==Related pages== * [[Industrial Revolution]] == References == {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.cottontown.org/page.cfm?LANGUAGE=eng&pageID=506 Essay] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614135425/http://www.cottontown.org/page.cfm?LANGUAGE=eng&pageID=506 |date=2011-06-14 }} from http://www.cottontown.org on Hargreaves and the spinning jenny. * [http://www.cottontimes.co.au/highs.htm Essay]{{Dead link|date=December 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} from http://www.cottonttimes.co.uk {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324194614/http://www.cottonttimes.co.uk/ |date=2012-03-24 }} on Highs and the spinning jenny. * [http://www.cottontimes.co.uk/wheelgateo.htm Source for alternate name of spinning ginny] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403080405/http://www.cottontimes.co.uk/wheelgateo.htm |date=2009-04-03 }} [[Category:Machines]] [[Category:Tools]] [[Category:Textile arts]] {{stub}}