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 revolutionis
c.1800 by Charles Allingham (1788–1850)
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 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
Spinning mule
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The spinning mule is a machine used to spin cotton and other fibres like wool. They were used extensively from the late 18th to the early 20th century in the mills of Lancashire and elsewhere. Mules w
Samuel Crompton
…1827) 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. Samuel Crompton was born at 10 Firwood Fold, Bolton, Lancashire to George and Betty Crompton…
The outward traverse
The inward traverse
Notice the faller wire gear