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Samuel Crompton, English inventor of the spinning mule, c1880s. Artist: James Morrison

Samuel Crompton, English inventor of the spinning mule, c1880s. Between 1772 and 1779 Crompton invented the spinning mule frame, a cross between James Hargreaves' spinning jenny and Richard Arkwright's water-frame spinning machine. The spinning mule made it possible to spin almost any type of yarn very quickly.

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Title: Samuel Crompton, English inventor of the spinning mule, c1880s. Artist: James Morrison

Caption: Samuel Crompton, English inventor of the spinning mule, c1880s. Between 1772 and 1779 Crompton invented the spinning mule frame, a cross between James Hargreaves' spinning jenny and Richard Arkwright's water-frame spinning machine. The spinning mule made it possible to spin almost any type of yarn very quickly.

Personalities: RICHARD • SIR RICHARD ARKWRIGHT

Credit: Album / Oxford Science Archive / Heritage Images

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Image size: 2150 × 3148 px | 19.4 MB

Print size: 18.2 × 26.7 cm | 846.5 × 1239.4 in (300 dpi)

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