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The meaning of the word "Water frame" in English


Water frame : A name given to the first power spinning machine, because driven by water power.

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water wheel provided more power to the spinning frame than human operators, reducing the amount of human ... However, unlike the spinning jenny, the water frame could only spin one thread at a time until Samuel Crompton combined the two inventions into his spinning mule in 1779. ... 


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