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Spinning Jenny

The introduction of the flying shuttle had increased the demand for cotton thread.  James Hargreaves invented the Spinning Jenny in 1764 to meet that demand.  The Spinning Jenny allowed eight spindles into which thread could be spun from eight sets of ravings. Thus an operator could spin a wheel and thus spin eight threads at the same time.