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Perhaps most significantly, they also manufactured machines that produced parts for other machines, such as spinning jennies and flying shuttles.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

“We’re improving techniques so jennies don’t end up empty,” Zhen says.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 12, 2019

The 43-acre site is home to 150 jacks, jennies and foals.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2017

He’s physically intimidating, aesthetically off-putting, and vastly more powerful and efficient than a human—not unlike the spinning jennies and rolling mills taking over industry at the time.

From Slate • Jan. 24, 2017

Now Samuel helped his mother to spin evenings when he wasn't playing at the village theater and she decided it would be nice to get one of these spinning jennies for him to use.

From Carl and the Cotton Gin by Bassett, Sara Ware