The Rise and Fall of the Spinning Jenny: Domestic Mechanisation in Eighteenth-Century Cotton Spinning

Styles, John

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“…Over the next couple of centuries, a simple human-powered machine developed and became more widely adopted in Europe. These were typically operated by women to produce yarn at home, as contracted by cotton producers and traders [547]. In comparison to the highly efficient and skilled Indian spinners who worked for lower wages, European hand-manufactured cotton fabrics were more expensive and of lower quality [9,547].…”

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“…These were typically operated by women to produce yarn at home, as contracted by cotton producers and traders [547]. In comparison to the highly efficient and skilled Indian spinners who worked for lower wages, European hand-manufactured cotton fabrics were more expensive and of lower quality [9,547]. Indian operations have held a strong competitive advantage over European operations so far [9,526].…”

Section: The Industrial Revolutionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As demand for cotton yarn and especially high-quality (fine and strong) cotton yarn rose in England in the 18 th century, affordable skilled labor increasingly formed an operational bottleneck in cotton manufacturing. In this context, James Hargreaves, father of a cotton Spinning family, invented the Spinning Jenny in the 1760s [9,547]. His first Spinning Jenny held eight spindles to spin in parallel and could be operated by a child with limited spinning skills [547].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In this context, James Hargreaves, father of a cotton Spinning family, invented the Spinning Jenny in the 1760s [9,547]. His first Spinning Jenny held eight spindles to spin in parallel and could be operated by a child with limited spinning skills [547]. Soon after, James Hargreaves and others designed and developed larger spinning jennys, to be operated at home and powered by humans.…”

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“…British spinners and weavers protested against the industrialization too. Spinners broke into James Hargreaves house and destroyed his first spinning jenny to protect their work and income [547]. Such destruction would reoccur when Hargreaves set up a nearby spinning workshop.…”

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The Rise and Fall of the Spinning Jenny: Domestic Mechanisation in Eighteenth-Century Cotton Spinning

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