Crompton's Spinning Mule

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Illustration

Mark Cartwright
by Pezzab
published on 26 February 2023

Samuel Crompton invented the spinning mule in 1779 and it greatly increased the speed of spinning yarn for textiles production. (Bolton Museum and Archive Service, U.K.)

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