CROMPTON, SAMUEL


Meaning of CROMPTON, SAMUEL in English

born Dec. 3, 1753, Firwood, Lancashire, Eng.

died June 26, 1827, Bolton, Lancashire

British inventor.

His spinning mule (probably called a mule because it was a cross between inventions of Richard Arkwright and James Hargreaves ) permitted large-scale manufacture of high-quality thread and yarn by simultaneously drawing out and giving the final twisting to the cotton fibres fed into it, reproducing mechanically the actions of hand spinning.

Britannica English dictionary.      Английский словарь Британика.