In the 18th century, James Hargreaves invented the Spinning Jenny, and Richard Arkwright pioneered the water-propelled spinning frame which led to the mass production of cotton. This was truly revolutionary. The cotton manufacturers created a whole new class of people – the urban proletariat. The structure of society itself would never be the same.
A. N. Wilson
After all, spinning is
After all, spinning is its own reward. There wouldn’t be carousels if it weren’t so. Adam Gopnik