Economic history of the United Kingdom manufactured goods, particularly textiles. The invention of the flying shuttle by John Kay enabled wider cloth to be woven faster, but also created a demand for yarn that could not be fulfilled. Thus, the major technological advances associated with the industrial revolution were concerned with spinning. James Hargreaves created the Spinning Jenny, a device that could perform the work of a number of spinning wheels. However, while this invention could be operated by hand, the water frame, invented by Richard Arkwright, could be powered by a water wheel. Indeed, Arkwright is credited with the widespread introduction of the factory system
Spinning the Wheel during the period when AIDS was newly discovered and rampant in the West. 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".