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Spinning Jenny
Hargreaves develops the spinning jenny, enabling one worker to operate multiple spindles.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Lancashire in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Hargreaves develops the spinning jenny, enabling one worker to operate multiple spindles.
Birth of George Formby
Defends free trade & attacks the Lords for rejecting the Finance Bill
Defends free trade & attacks the Lords for rejecting the Finance Bill
Researches poverty and industrial conditions for his next book.
Provenance
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