samuel crompton

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Definition of samuel crompton in English English dictionary

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

Hyphenation

Sa·mu·el Cromp·ton

Turkish pronunciation

sämyul krämptın

Pronunciation

/ˈsamyo͞ol ˈkrämptən/ /ˈsæmjuːl ˈkrɑːmptən/