History A-Level
Mule spinning
What Mule spinning means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Mule spinning
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Spinning machinery that Greg adopted and adapted over time at the mill.
Topics that use Mule spinning
- Paper 3, Option 34.1: Industrialisation and social change in Britain, 1759–1928: forging a new society - 2 Samuel Greg: cotton and cottages, 1784–1816 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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