spinning mule
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spinning mule — n. MULE1 (sense 3) … English World dictionary
Spinning mule — A pair of Condenser spinning mules. These have 741 spindles, being cut down from 133 feet (41 m) 1122 spindles they used to have up until the 24th Sept 1974, when they were retired from Elk Mill, Royton. The mule was built by Platt Brothers … Wikipedia
Spinning Mule — Das Modell einer Mule im historischen Zentrum Wuppertal Die Spinning Mule ist eine Spinnmaschine zum Ausspinnen von Baumwolle und wurde zum Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts von dem Weber Samuel Crompton erfunden. Die Maschine vereinigt Elemente der … Deutsch Wikipedia
spinning mule — mule (def. 7). [1835 45] * * * Multiple spindle spinning machine invented by Samuel Crompton (1779), which permitted large scale manufacture of high quality thread for the textile industry. Crompton s machine made it possible for a single… … Universalium
spinning mule — mule (def. 7). [1835 45] … Useful english dictionary
Mule spinners' cancer — or Mule spinners cancer was a cancer, an epithelioma of the scrotum. It was first reported in 1887 in a cotton mule spinner.[1] In 1926 a British Home Office committee strongly favoured the view that this form of cancer was caused by the… … Wikipedia
Spinning Jenny — Mule jenny Une machine à filer plus ancienne, la spinning jenny de James Hargreaves, 1765 … Wikipédia en Français
Spinning (textiles) — Spinning is an ancient textile art in which plant, animal or synthetic fibers are twisted together to form yarn (or thread, rope, or cable). For thousands of years, fiber was spun by hand using simple tools, the spindle and distaff. Only in the… … Wikipedia
Mule — (engl. „Maultier“) bezeichnet: Mule (Software), eine quelloffene Enterprise Service Bus Plattform MULE, ein Computerspiel eine Abkürzung für den Multifunctional Utility/Logistics and Equipment Roboter der US Armee die Kurzform der Spinnmaschine… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Mule-jenny — Une machine à filer plus ancienne, la spinning jenny de James Hargreaves, 1765 … Wikipédia en Français
