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Spinning jenny   /spˈɪnɪŋ dʒˈɛni/   Listen
Spinning jenny

noun
1.
An early spinning machine with multiple spindles.





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"Spinning jenny" Quotes from Famous Books



... immediate concern was to find a dwelling place for John's family. Finally they were accommodated by Jedediah Morse, well-known author of Morse's geography and gazetteer, in a lodging in Charlestown, near Bunker Hill. In less than a month John began to build a spinning jenny and a hand loom, and soon the Scholfields started to produce woolen cloth. The two brothers were joined in the venture by John Shaw, a spinner and weaver who had migrated from England with them. Morse, being much impressed with some of the broadcloth they produced, ...
— The Scholfield Wool-Carding Machines • Grace L. Rogers


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