Hargreaves Invents the Spinning Jenny
1764
A Lancashire weaver named James Hargreaves watched his daughter's spinning wheel topple, saw the spindle keep spinning, and built a frame with eight spindles driven from one wheel. Soon one woman could do the work of eight. Cottage weavers rioted; the thread poured out; the Industrial Revolution quietly started in a workshop.
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Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.
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