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Samuel Crompton
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Samuel Crompton was an English inventor and pioneer of the spinning industry. Building on the work of James Hargreaves and Richard Arkwright, he invented the spinning mule, a machine that revolutionised the industry worldwide.
c.1800 by Charles Allingham (1788–1850)
c.1800 by Charles Allingham (1788–1850)
The only surviving example of a spinning mule built by the inventor Samuel Crompton, in Bolton Museum.
The only surviving example of a spinning mule built by the inventor Samuel Crompton, in Bolton Museum.
"This view of The Hall ith' Wood near Bolton. (where Samuel Crompton invented the first Spinning Mule) ...respectfully dedicated to the Cotton Spinner
"This view of The Hall ith' Wood near Bolton. (where Samuel Crompton invented the first Spinning Mule) ...respectfully dedicated to the Cotton Spinners of Lancashire." Lithograph by F. Jones (Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen), after Selim Rothwell.
Grave of Samuel Crompton, St Peter's churchyard, Bolton, UK
Grave of Samuel Crompton, St Peter's churchyard, Bolton, UK
James Hargreaves
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James Hargreaves was an English weaver, carpenter and inventor who lived and worked in Lancashire, England. Hargreaves is credited with inventing the spinning jenny in 1764.
Model of the spinning jenny in a museum in Wuppertal, Germany
Model of the spinning jenny in a museum in Wuppertal, Germany