The Spinning Jenny: an invention that had an impact on Britain during the Industrial revolution

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What impact did it have on the industrial revolution?

- big success - patent was over - fast - textiles cheaper - money - big and expensive for homes - factories made - domestic system over - start to Industrialization - + urbanisation - slums in towns/ cities - 1810 - quality = bad - improvements made - water frame - spinning mule - basic idea - factories today

The inventor

- different opinions - James Hargreaves 1764 - weaver - carpenter - liked engineering - illiterate - lived near Manchester - Blackburn

The machine

- invented in 1764 - makes string - pulls, twists, spins (spindles) - spindles: 6, 18 + - natural fibre to textile - thread or yarn - wool, silk, cotton - less manual labour - patent in 1770

Interesting facts

- myth: wife/ daughter name = Jenny - possibly: British slang - jenny = engine - 1788 - 20 070 in England - so simple that kids could use it - materials for yarn decreased - people = furious - 1768 broke into house - smashed machines - fled to Nottingham - no effect long term - small spinning-mill

How did it work?

- pull on material - place in machine - trap the tread in a bar - 1 person spins wheel around - move bar back and fourth - thread turns around a cylinder - spins around a metal stick - spindles spin - finer

Why invent it?

- weaving machines = looms - flying shuttle invented - weaving was quicker - increased demand for yarn/ thread - at the time = spinning wheel - only one spindle - not efficient enough - too slow - needed more spindles for 1 wheel - = Spinning Jenny - quicker - less time

The textile process

Cultivating and harvesting preparatory process - SPINNING weaving finishing


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