Next to this were two symbols of the cotton industry : a spindle from Samuel Crompton's spinning mule and a weaver's shuttle.
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When Samuel Crompton invented the spinning mule in c . 1779 he stated he had learned to spin in 1769 on a jenny that Hargreaves had constructed.
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Later machinery such as spinning frames, spinning mules and power looms were expensive ( especially if water powered ), giving rise to capitalist ownership of factories.
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Not long after the invention of the water frame, Samuel Crompton combined the principals of the Spinning Jenny and the Water Frame to produce his Spinning Mule.
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This process was accelerated dramatically by the Cotton Industry Act 1959 which encouraged Lancashire cotton producers to rationalise by replacing or retiring older machines, primarily spinning mules.
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The water frame was, however, soon supplanted by the spinning mule ( a cross between a water frame and a jenny ) invented by Samuel Crompton.
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With money borrowed from his brother he set up a workshop making spinning mules but exchanged the business for 6 spinning mules, which he operated in a rented space.
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With money borrowed from his brother he set up a workshop making spinning mules but exchanged the business for 6 spinning mules, which he operated in a rented space.
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However, unlike the spinning jenny, the water frame could only spin one thread at a time until Samuel combined the two inventions into his spinning mule in 1779.
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The floor might already have machinery ( spinning mules, carding engines or looms ) installed or he might have approached a cotton machinery manufacturer who would rent or lease the machinery to him.
