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Invention of Spinning Mule

Great Britain · Science / Technology. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1779Date range
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Chronological records

1779

Samuel Crompton1779

London · Science / Technology

Invents the spinning mule, a combination of the ideas of Cartwright & Hargreaves

Names involved

Samuel Crompton

Provenance

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