Industrial Revolution - Pictures From The Industrial Revolution

In 1764, a British carpenter and weaver named James Hargreaves invented an improved spinning jenny, a hand-powered multiple spinning machine that was the first machine to improve upon the spinning wheel by making it possible to spin more than one ball of yarn or thread.{p] Spinner machines like the spinning wheel and the spinning jenny made the threads and yarns used by weavers in their looms. As weaving looms became faster, inventors had to find ways for spinners to keep up.

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• 1712 - Newcomen Steam Engine and the Industrial Revolution
• 1733 - Flying Shuttle, Automation of Textile Making & The Industrial Revolution
• 1764 - Increased Yarn and Thread Production During Industrial Revolution
• 1769 - James Watt's Improved Steam Engine Powers the Industrial Revolution
• 1769 - Spinning Frame or Water Frame
• 1779 - Spinning Mule Increased Variety in Threads amd Yarns
• 1785 - Power Loom's Effect on the Women of the Industrial Revolution
• 1830 - Practical Sewing Machines & Ready Made Clothing

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