Historical person
Historical biography and chronological timeline for Samuel Crompton, based on 4 World History Database records associated with Great Britain.
Samuel Cromptons Spinning Mule, introduced in 1779, was a combination of the spinning jenny and the water frame in which the spindles were placed on a carriage, which went through an operational sequence during which the rollers.
stopped while the carriage moved away from the drawing roller to finish drawing out the fibres as the spindles started rotating, Cromptons mule was able to produce finer thread than hand spinning and at a lower cost.
Invents the spinning mule, a combination of the ideas of Cartwright & Hargreaves
Crompton develops the spinning mule, combining features of earlier spinning machines.
Inventor
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