"mule" (1 jan 1790 ano – 1 jan 1799 ano)

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The most important was Samuel Crompton's "mule" built-in 1799. Adapted by steam power by 1790, the mule became the device of choice for spinning cotton thread. A worker using a steam-driven mule could produce a hundred times more thread than a worker using a manual spinning wheel

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