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Definition of James Hargreaves from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

James Hargreaves

/ˌdʒeɪmz ˈhɑːɡriːvz/

/ˌdʒeɪmz ˈhɑːrɡriːvz/

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(1720-78) the Englishman who invented the spinning jenny, a machine for spinning cotton which helped to bring about the Industrial Revolution in Britain

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