Cotton-spinning machinery The spinning jenny is a multi-spool spinning wheel. It was invented circa 1764, its invention attributed to James Hargreaves in Stanhill, near Blackburn, Lancashire. The Water frame was developed and patented by Arkwright in the 1770s. The roving was attenuated (stretched) by drafting rollers and twisted by winding it onto a spindle. It was heavy large scale machine that needed to be driven by power, which in the late 18th century meant by a water wheel. Cotton mills were designed for the purpose by Arkwright, Jedediah Strutt and others along the River Derwent in Derbyshire. Water frames could only spin
Spinning pinwheel this information, the developer can rewrite code to avoid the cursor being activated. Apple's guidelines suggest that developers try to avoid invoking the spinning wait cursor, and suggest other user interface indicators, such as an asynchronous progress indicator. The spinning wait cursor is commonly referred to as the (Spinning) "x" (of Death/Doom). The most common words or phrases "x" can be replaced with include: Spinning pinwheel The spinning pinwheel is a variation of the mouse pointer arrow, used in Apple's macOS to indicate that an application is busy. Officially, the "macOS Human Interface Guidelines" refers to it as the spinning