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Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

1769

Spinning Wheel, British, 1801-1850

1801-1850
Welsh farm spindle wheel (also known as the Great Wheel, Jersey Wheel).

Great wheel.

Copy of Samuel Crompton's mule spinning frame, by Dobson and Barlow, Bolton, Manchester, England. The original, from which this copy was made, was invented by Crompton and used by him between 1800-1815. It is preserved at Chadwick Museum (now Bolton Museum & Art Gallery).

Replica of Crompton's Mule spinning frame

1772-1779
Reconstruction of Hargreaves's Spinning Jenny, from the original of c. 1766

Reproduction of Hargreaves's original Spinning Jenny

1765
Small wooden spinning wheel and print of Lady Hamilton spinning, 1785-1850.

Saxony wheel, late 18th century.

1785-1800