Spinning+Jenny

The Spinning Jenny was a machine created for spinning yarn. It was invented by James Hargreaves during the first Industrial Revolution. The machine allowed for one worker to spin several yarns at once. On the other hand, the yarn produced was very weak. Source: https://eee.uci.edu/clients/bjbecker/SpinningWeb/lecture14.html

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