spinning jenny in English
noun
1
a machine for spinning with more than one spindle at a time, patented by James Hargreaves in 1770.
This was used to measure the highest and lowest cylinder pressures to estimate how much power would be needed for particular machines such as a group of spinning jennies .
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1. 1764: James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny.
2. The beginning of the industrial revolution is usually associated with 18th century English textile industry, with the invention of flying shuttle by John Kay in 1733, the spinning jenny by James Hargreaves in 1765, the water frame by Richard Arkwright in 1769 and the steam engine by James Watt in 1765.