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Spinning machine   /spˈɪnɪŋ məʃˈin/   Listen
Spinning machine

noun
1.
A textile machine for spinning yarn and thread.





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"Spinning machine" Quotes from Famous Books



... Arkwright, who produced the cotton-spinning machine, underwent great difficulties for many years; as also did Mr. Watt, the ingenious and scientific improver of the steam-engine; and, had not good fortune thrown him in the way of Mr. Boulton, a man of fortune and ...
— An Inquiry into the Permanent Causes of the Decline and Fall of Powerful and Wealthy Nations. • William Playfair
... stage. This was now to change. In 1738 Kay invented the flying shuttle, multiplying the capacity of the loom. In 1767 Hargreaves completed the spinning-jenny, and in 1771 Arkwright perfected his roller spinning machine. A few years later Crompton combined the roller and the jenny, and after the application of steam to spinning in 1785 the power loom replaced the hand loom. The manufacture of woolen cloth being the ...
— The Armies of Labor - Volume 40 in The Chronicles Of America Series • Samuel P. Orth


Words linked to "Spinning machine" :   textile machine, throstle, spinning jenny, spinning frame, spinning wheel


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