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A spinning wheel is a device for spinning thread or yarn from fibres. It was fundamental to the cotton textile industry prior to the Industrial Revolution. It laid the foundations for later machinery such as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinning_jenny spinning jenny] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinning_frame spinning frame], which displaced the spinning wheel during the Industrial Revolution. | |||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textile_manufacturing_by_pre-industrial_methods Textile manufacturing by pre-industrial methods] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textile_manufacturing_by_pre-industrial_methods Textile manufacturing by pre-industrial methods] | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinning_wheel Wikipedia: Spinning wheel] | |||
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Introduction
A spinning wheel is a device for spinning thread or yarn from fibres. It was fundamental to the cotton textile industry prior to the Industrial Revolution. It laid the foundations for later machinery such as the spinning jenny and spinning frame, which displaced the spinning wheel during the Industrial Revolution.
