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jan 15, 1770 - Spinning Jenny Was Invented

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James Hargreaves, who was a cotton-farmer at the time, created the spinning jenny to assist in the spinning of cotton or wool. This machine was added on to and improved to make the spinning mule in 1779 which was used in large-scale manufacturing.

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jan 15, 1770
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~ 255 years ago

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