Back to Modern History SourceBook Modern History Sourcebook: Observations on the Loss of Woollen Spinning, 1794 The new machines did not all come at once. It proved easier to mechanize spinning than weaving. This is an account of the effects of the loss of spinning work for those previously employed in cottage industry . From Observations . . . on the Loss of Woollen Spinning (c. 1794) The ...

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Instructions on how to make a drop spindle, which is an ancient spinning tool for handspinning fleece and fiber into yarn.

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