James Hargreaves

James Hargreaves (also: Hargraves ) (* probably 1720 in Blackburn, † April 22, 1778 in Nottingham ) was a British cotton weaver and inventor.

In 1764 he invented supposedly the fine spinning machine with which it was possible six yarn wool, cotton, hemp or flax to spin at the same time. He named this machine after his daughter: Spinning Jenny. His invention made ​​it possible to increase productivity in the spinning process. He invented this machine for a contest by the Company at that time (1761 ) was organized where it came to such a machine to invent the first. The prize money this machine were 50 pounds Sterlinge.

For this prize money he established in 1768 in Nottingham, a spinning mill with which he had little success as Garnproduzent because the applied weavers and spinners around this factory destroyed shortly afterwards by force.

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