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Spinning jenny Copperplate engraving of a spinning jenny textile machine, showing a large hand wheel, multiple spindles, and wooden frame used for woolen yarn production. Diagram titled Spinning jenny showing an operator using a hand wheel to rotate a cord-driven roller, drawing and twisting fibers from multiple clamped rovings onto tilted spindles; numbered callouts trace the process from roving to thread.
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Spinning jenny diagram showing how fiber is spun into thread
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