Talk:Spinning jenny

Suggested page move
This hasn't been added to Requested_moves, so it is difficult to know the reason for the suggested move. A google search suggests that 'Spinning Jenny' is frequently capitalised, although the article itself doesn't appear to realise this. -- Solipsist 06:18, 14 July 2005 (UTC)


 * Done. User:Noisy | Talk 20:08, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Actually, James Hargreaves made the Spinning Jenny, & named it after his wife-Jenny —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.226.54.220 (talk) 09:36, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

dates
Some of the dates in the article don't seem to make sense. "...Hargreaves applied for a patent on the jenny in July 1859." and in the next paragraph "...Hargreaves' death on 22 April 1778." I was trying to use the page for homework but I don't know what dates are correct. It was probably just a typo, maybe someone should look it up. It might be 1878 instead of 1778. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.245.197.176 (talk) 04:22, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

--- In the bibliography, Espinasse was dated 1974: I changed that to 1874. see http://openlibrary.org/books/OL6919147M/Lancashire_worthies. --- — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.196.209.230 (talk) 11:47, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Title
How do you fix the mis-capitalization on the main title? Notice its "Spinning jenny" when it should be "Spinning Jenny"

improvements
The content itself is not wrong, but it does not flow properly. I would suggest setting up a different content order to make it more organized.
 * - Origin and Myth
 * - History
 * - Components
 * - Operation
 * - Growth and Patents
 * - Success and Improvements (after Hargreaves)

Add a little bit of information on his death: It is estimated that by the time James Hargreaves died in 1778, over 20,000 Spinning-Jenny machines were being used in Britain. Fabihumanities (talk) 21:28, 22 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Please go for it.--ClemRutter (talk) 23:47, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Friedel, Robert. "A Culture of Improvment" MIT press, 2007 as a source
I have reverted multiple well meant edits- but each needs a clarification
 * Article is in British English- about a British topic- neighbour not neighbor (sic)
 * Article uses Harvnb references- this should be maintained.
 * Reference Friedel 2007 no ISBN no page numbers
 * His- rather than her- Saxony wheel operating was a  female task, but the mule in a mill became a male task.
 * Blackburn is now a industrial town- if the source uses the term city, it draws doubt on its scholarship, ringing alarm bells. In the UK, city is a very specific term
 * It should also be noted that this entire operation was hand powered- superfluous, anyway should be operations
 * Removing a reference
 * At the time .... weak yarn- looks like a cut and paste and thus a COPYVIO. These needs to be checked before it can be inserted
 * The operation of the machine was very similar to the spinning wheel, and home spinners were able to adapt to the machine quickly- tosh. Written by an observer that had done neither.
 * If the author feels that Shipley or Peel, is significant to add than they need to be wikilinked.

There is still work to be done on the reception of the jenny- that needs to be a separate section as mentioned in Fabihumanities post. Before trying to post to a mature if flawed textile history article one needs to carefully read the 19th century secondary sources. Since then there has been a whole series of romantic reinterpretation of the facts, as the topic has been embroidered for primary school history courses in every English speaking country.--ClemRutter (talk) 10:45, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

Was it Hargreaves?
James Hargreaves is attributed to be the inventor of the Jenny, but the Thomas Highs and Sir Richard Arkwright pages both attribute this to Highs. Can clarification be sought on this as it provides conflicting information. --Njlawley (talk) 16:12, 18 April 2014 (GMT +1) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.200.209.225 (talk)

History
Is there any device in India that is similar to the spinning jenny 2405:201:6817:13E:F842:BABC:F2F7:AA71 (talk) 16:48, 27 September 2022 (UTC)