Who Invented the Spinning Jenny—and Why? Before the Industrial Revolution, European textile manufacturing was a cottage industry: Workers completed disparate parts of the process, ...

The Spinning Jenny was invented in 1764 by James Hargreaves, a cotton weaver, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire. He invented the first successful multi-spindle spinning machine.

Laying the groundwork for manufactured cotton thread, James Hargreaves invented the spinning Jenny in 1764 which greatly increased the speed at which yarn could be spun. In 1769 Richard Arkwright ...

Artefacts and information about James Hargreaves who invented the Spinning Jenny in 1764 will be curated at Stanhill Village's Methodist Chapel.

Mr Anderson is always an excellent speaker and his talk covered the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution, which he picked out as the invention of the Spinning Jenny in 1764 - a hand powered ...

The Spinning Jenny was invented in 1764 by James Hargreaves, a cotton weaver, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire. He invented the first successful multi-spindle spinning machine.

Artefacts and information about James Hargreaves who invented the Spinning Jenny in 1764 will be curated at Stanhill Village's Methodist Chapel.