James Hargreaves
/ˌdʒeɪmz ˈhɑːɡriːvz/
/ˌdʒeɪmz ˈhɑːrɡriːvz/
- (1720-78) the Englishman who invented the spinning jenny, a machine for spinning cotton which helped to bring about the Industrial Revolution in Britain
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