The spinning mule is widely believed to have gotten its name because it’s a hybrid of the jenny and the water frame, much like a mule is a hybrid of a horse and a donkey.

In 1779, Samuel Crompton developed a yarn spinning machine that would borrow element from and improve on other machines such as the spinning jenny and the water frame. It became known as the ...

In 1771, Richard Arkwright in Derbyshire, powered his spinning frame with a water wheel, ... In 1778, Samuel Crompton of Lancashire invented a spinning jenny that was powered by water wheel.

It was a hybrid of the Jenny's moving carriage and the rollers of the Water Frame. His father -- who died at the age of 37 -- became a caretaker at Hall i'th' Wood where Crompton spent his early ...

This spinning machine spins 96 strands of yarn at once. It was one of many similar machines installed in mills in Derbyshire and Lancashire and powered by waterwheels, so they were called Water ...

Mules were originally invented by Samuel Crompton in 1779, and are so called because they are a hybrid between Arkwright’s water frame and James Hargreaves’ spinning jenny in the same way that ...