richard arkwright was the english weaver and inventor of the spinning jenny.
richard arkwright was the english weaver and inventor of the spinning jenny.
english weaver and inventor of the spinning jenny?
richard arkwright
the spinning jenny is a multi-spindle spinning frame, and was one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving during the early industrial revolution. it was invented in 1764 by james hargreaves in stanhill, oswaldtwistle, lancashire in england. the device reduced the amount of work needed to produce cloth, with a worker able to work eight or more spools at once. this grew to 120 as technology advanced. the yarn produced by the jenny was not very strong until richard arkwright invented the water-powered 'water frame', which produced yarn harder and stronger than that of the initial spinning jenny. it started the factory system.
spinning jenny
the spinning jenny succeeded because it held more than one ball of yarn, making more yarn in a shorter time and reducing the overall cost. the spinning jenny would not have been such a success if the flying shuttle had not been invented and installed in textile factories. its success was limited in that it required the rovings to be prepared on a wheel, and this was limited by the need to card by hand. it continued in common use in the cotton and fustian industry until about 1810. the spinning jenny was superseded by the spinning mule. the jenny was adapted for the process of slubbing, being the basis of the slubbing billy.
spinning jenny