Spinning jenny was an abbreviation of 'engine'. Thomas Highs of Leigh has claimed to be the inventor and the story is repeated using his wife's name. Another myth has Thomas Earnshaw inventing a spinning device of a similar description - but destroying it after fearing he might be taking bread out of the mouths of the poor. Spinning jenny 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
Spinning the Wheel Spinning the Wheel "Spinning the Wheel" is a song by George Michael. The song was co-written by Michael and Jon Douglas. It was performed by George Michael and released on Virgin Records in 1996. The song was the third single taken from "Older" and it peaked at number 2 in the UK, kept off the top by the Spice Girls' "Wannabe". It also peaked within Top 10 in Denmark, Hungary and Spain. "Spinning the Wheel" subsequently appeared on both of George Michael's compilations "" and "Twenty Five". The song depicts the worry of a lover whose partner is sexually promiscuous