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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...