What machine replaced the spinning jenny?

Incremental advances improved the technology significantly. There were mule spinners still operational commercially in Europe in the 1970's. The ring spinning technology usurped production of most yarns almost a century earlier. read more

The new machines used and developed in the heart of woolen and later cotton industry, of which the ‘Spinning Jenny’ was just one, were the first machines of the Industrial Revolution. In 1733, John Kay invented his ‘Flying Shuttle’, this device enabled one weaver to make a width of cloth it had previously taken two to make. read more

The ring spinning technology usurped production of most yarns almost a century earlier. Now Open End spinning is very important but ring machines have advantages that OE cannot beat (yet). read more

The spinning jenny is a multi-spindle spinning frame, and was one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving during the early Industrial Revolution. It was invented in 1764 by James Hargreaves in Stanhill, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire in England. read more