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John Kay invents the flying shuttle loom. James Hargreaves introduces the spinning jenny, which is patented in 1770. Richard Arkwright patents the water frame for making thread. Unlike the spinning jenny, this machine uses waterpower. Samuel Crompton invents the water-powered machine known as the mule. Edmund Cartwright creates the power loom.
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The original Spinning jenny could spin eight spindles of yarn at a time, but as technology improved the most advanced Spinning jenny could spin one hundred twenty spindles at a time!
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Edmund Cartwright invented a power loom in 1785.