What is a spinning jenny?

a) a mechanical thread spinner that could wind thread eight times faster than a woman on a spinning wheel
b) a young woman hired to keep the threads on an Arkwright machine from tangling
Consider This: What was James Hargreaves’s goal in working to create stronger cotton thread? See 7.1: Unexpected and Unforeseen.
c) the name given to young women who used a distaff to spin thread in preindustrial times
Consider This: What was James Hargreaves’s goal in working to create stronger cotton thread? See 7.1: Unexpected and Unforeseen.
d) British northern dialect for an engine powered by a spinning water wheel
Consider This: What was James Hargreaves’s goal in working to create stronger cotton thread? See 7.1: Unexpected and Unforeseen.


a) a mechanical thread spinner that could wind thread eight times faster than a woman on a spinning wheel

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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