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Spinning mule

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The spinning mule is a machine used to spin cotton and other fibres. [1]

58 relations: Alpaca, Ancoats, Austria-Hungary, Žamberk, Bobbin, Cancer, Carding, Cashmere wool, Child labour, Cotton, Cotton mill, David Dale, Donkey, Edmund Cartwright, Fine Spinners and Doublers, Flax, Flying shuttle, Glasgow, Helmshore Mills Textile Museum, Horwich, Industrial Revolution, Iron, James Hargreaves, John Kay (flying shuttle), Lancashire, Loom, Luddite, Mare, Mule, New England, Patent, Power loom, Putting-out system, Rhode Island, Richard Arkwright, Richard Roberts (engineer), Ring spinning, Roberts Loom, Roving, Samuel Crompton, Samuel Slater, Spindle (textiles), Spinning jenny, Spinning wheel, Tenterhook, Textile, Textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution, Textile manufacturing, Throstle frame, Timeline of clothing and textiles technology, ..., Trade union, Urbanization, Warp and weft, Water frame, Wool, Woolen, Worsted, Yarn. Expand index (8 more) »

Alpaca

The Alpaca (Vicugna pacos) is a species of South American camelid, similar to, and often confused with the llama.

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Ancoats

Ancoats is an inner city area of Manchester in North West England, next to the Northern Quarter, the northern part of Manchester city centre.

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Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire or the Dual Monarchy in English-language sources, was a constitutional union of the Austrian Empire (the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council, or Cisleithania) and the Kingdom of Hungary (Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen or Transleithania) that existed from 1867 to 1918, when it collapsed as a result of defeat in World War I. The union was a result of the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 and came into existence on 30 March 1867.

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Žamberk

Žamberk (Senftenberg in Böhmen) is a town in the Ústí nad Orlicí District, Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic.

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Bobbin

A bobbin is a spindle or cylinder, with or without flanges, on which wire, yarn, thread or film is wound.

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Cancer

Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body.

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Carding

Carding is a mechanical process that disentangles, cleans and intermixes fibres to produce a continuous web or sliver suitable for subsequent processing.

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Cashmere wool

Cashmere wool, usually simply known as cashmere, is a luxury fiber obtained from cashmere goats and other types of goat.

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Child labour

Child labour refers to the employment of children in any work that deprives children of their childhood, interferes with their ability to attend regular school, and that is mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous and harmful.

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Cotton

Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae.

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Cotton mill

A cotton mill is a factory housing powered spinning or weaving machinery for the production of yarn or cloth from cotton, an important product during the Industrial Revolution when the early mills were important in the development of the factory system.

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David Dale

David Dale (1739–1806) was a leading Scottish industrialist, merchant and philanthropist during the Scottish Enlightenment period at the end of the 18th century.

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Donkey

The donkey or ass (Equus africanus asinus) is a domesticated member of the horse family, Equidae.

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Edmund Cartwright

Edmund Cartwright (24 April 1743 – 30 October 1823) was an English inventor.

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Fine Spinners and Doublers

Fine Spinners and Doublers was a major cotton spinning business based in Manchester, England.

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Flax

Flax (Linum usitatissimum), also known as common flax or linseed, is a member of the genus Linum in the family Linaceae.

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Flying shuttle

The flying shuttle was one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving during the early Industrial Revolution.

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Glasgow

Glasgow (Glesga; Glaschu) is the largest city in Scotland, and third most populous in the United Kingdom.

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Helmshore Mills Textile Museum

Helmshore Mills are two mills built on the River Ogden in Helmshore, Lancashire.

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Horwich

Horwich is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England.

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Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840.

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Iron

Iron is a chemical element with symbol Fe (from ferrum) and atomic number 26.

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James Hargreaves

James Hargreaves (c. 1720 – 22 April 1778) was a weaver, carpenter and inventor in Lancashire, England.

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John Kay (flying shuttle)

John Kay (17 June 1704 – c. 1779) was the inventor of the flying shuttle, which was a key contribution to the Industrial Revolution.

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Lancashire

Lancashire (abbreviated Lancs.) is a county in north west England.

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Loom

A loom is a device used to weave cloth and tapestry.

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Luddite

The Luddites were a radical group of English textile workers and weavers in the 19th century who destroyed weaving machinery as a form of protest.

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Mare

A mare is an adult female horse or other equine.

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Mule

A mule is the offspring of a male donkey (jack) and a female horse (mare).

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New England

New England is a geographical region comprising six states of the northeastern United States: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.

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Patent

A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state or intergovernmental organization to an inventor or assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for detailed public disclosure of an invention.

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Power loom

A power loom is a mechanized loom, and was one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving during the early Industrial Revolution.

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Putting-out system

The putting-out system is a means of subcontracting work.

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Rhode Island

Rhode Island, officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States.

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Richard Arkwright

Sir Richard Arkwright (23 December 1732 – 3 August 1792) was an English inventor and a leading entrepreneur during the early Industrial Revolution.

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Richard Roberts (engineer)

Richard Roberts (22 April 1789 – 11 March 1864) was a British patternmaker and engineer whose development of high-precision machine tools contributed to the birth of production engineering and mass production.

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Ring spinning

Ring spinning is a method of spinning fibres, such as cotton, flax or wool, to make a yarn.

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Roberts Loom

The Roberts Loom was a cast-iron power loom introduced by Richard Roberts in 1830.

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Roving

A roving is a long and narrow bundle of fiber.

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Samuel Crompton

Samuel Crompton (3 December 1753 – 26 June 1827) was an English inventor and pioneer of the spinning industry.

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Samuel Slater

Samuel Slater (June 9, 1768 – April 21, 1835) was an early English-American industrialist known as the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution" (a phrase coined by Andrew Jackson) and the "Father of the American Factory System".

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Spindle (textiles)

A spindle is a straight spike usually made from wood used for spinning, twisting fibers such as wool, flax, hemp, cotton into yarn.

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Spinning jenny

The spinning jenny is a multi-spindle spinning frame, and was one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving during the early Industrial Revolution.

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Spinning wheel

A spinning wheel is a device for spinning thread or yarn from natural or synthetic fibres.

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Tenterhook

Tenterhooks are hooks in a device called a tenter.

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Textile

A textile is a flexible material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibres (yarn or thread).

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Textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution

Textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution in Britain was centred in south Lancashire and the towns on both sides of the Pennines.

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Textile manufacturing

Textile manufacturing is a major industry.

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Throstle frame

The throstle frame was a spinning machine for cotton, wool, and other fibers, differing from a mule in having a continuous action, the processes of drawing, twisting, and winding being carried on simultaneously.

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Timeline of clothing and textiles technology

This timeline of clothing and textiles technology covers the events of fiber and flexible woven material worn on the body; including making, modification, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, and systems (technology).

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Trade union

A trade union or trades union, also called a labour union (Canada) or labor union (US), is an organization of workers who have come together to achieve many common goals; such as protecting the integrity of its trade, improving safety standards, and attaining better wages, benefits (such as vacation, health care, and retirement), and working conditions through the increased bargaining power wielded by the creation of a monopoly of the workers.

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Urbanization

Urbanization refers to the population shift from rural to urban residency, the gradual increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas, and the ways in which each society adapts to this change.

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Warp and weft

Warp and weft are terms for the two basic components used in weaving to turn thread or yarn into fabric.

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Water frame

A water frame is a water-powered spinning frame designed for the production of cotton thread, first used in 1768.

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Wool

Wool is the textile fiber obtained from sheep and other animals, including cashmere and mohair from goats, qiviut from muskoxen, angora from rabbits, and other types of wool from camelids.

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Woolen

Woolen (American English) or woollen (Commonwealth English) is a type of yarn made from carded wool.

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Worsted

Worsted is a high-quality type of wool yarn, the fabric made from this yarn, and a yarn weight category.

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Yarn

Yarn is a long continuous length of interlocked fibres, suitable for use in the production of textiles, sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving, embroidery, or ropemaking.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinning_mule

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