When was it published?

March 16, 1769 in The Virginia Gazette

Foreign News March 16, 1769

The Virginia Gazette

Q: What keywords are associated?

Ireland Invention, Spinning Wheel, Textile Machinery, Mechanic, Yarn Spinning

Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia

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What is this article about?

An ingenious mechanic in Ireland completed a new spinning wheel invention differing from others, with solid rim, no spokes or screws, allowing two spinners to work easily while reeling yarn as fast as spun.

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Dec. 31. An ingenious mechanic in Ireland has lately completed a new invented spinning wheel, which differs in all its parts from all other wheels in that kingdom. The rim is quite solid, without spokes; there are no screws in the head, but a lock which tempers the wheel, and is so contrived as to work at once with two sets of fliers and spools, having three wings to each flier, and three holes in each spindle. Two spinners can work it with all imaginable ease, and the yarn is reeled off the spool as fast as it is spun, the reel being kept going by the woman's foot.

What sub-type of article is it?

Economic

What keywords are associated?

Ireland Invention Spinning Wheel Textile Machinery Mechanic Yarn Spinning

Where did it happen?

Ireland

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

Ireland

Event Date

Dec. 31.

Outcome

two spinners can work it with all imaginable ease, and the yarn is reeled off the spool as fast as it is spun.

Event Details

An ingenious mechanic in Ireland has lately completed a new invented spinning wheel, which differs in all its parts from all other wheels in that kingdom. The rim is quite solid, without spokes; there are no screws in the head, but a lock which tempers the wheel, and is so contrived as to work at once with two sets of fliers and spools, having three wings to each flier, and three holes in each spindle.