spinning jenny

Example Sentences

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While the spinning jenny was key to 18th century automation of the textiles industry, they found it led to longer working hours in harsher conditions.

From Reuters

These jeremiads attended the invention of computers, combine harvesters, spinning jennies and probably iron-age axes.

From The Guardian

In Mr Allen’s narrative, spinners’ wages, though very low by modern standards, were high enough to motivate the development and deployment of equipment like the spinning jenny.

From Economist

The large "spinning jennies" and Mule spinning machines were worked by men, as strength was needed to operate them.

From Time

As far as relevance and utility are concerned, we might as well train children to operate a spinning jenny.

From The Guardian