spinning mule
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of spinning mule
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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The water frame, the spinning mule, and the power loom were bulky and expensive machines.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
In 1779, Samuel Crompton combined features of the spinning jenny and the water frame to produce the spinning mule.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
The spinning mule made thread that was stronger, finer, and more consistent than earlier spinning machines.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
In 1779, Samuel Crompton, a retiring genius from Lancashire, invented the spinning mule, which made possible the mechanization of cotton manufacture.
From Forbes ● Nov. 13, 2011
Crompton put the twisting spindles into the travelling carriage and the roving bobbins he transferred to a fixed creel, and these conditions are invariably to be found in the self-actor spinning mule of to-day.
From The Story of the Cotton Plant by Frederick Wilkinson
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