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Spinning wheel
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<p>A spinning wheel is a device for <a href="/facts/Hand_spinning/yVBDQlqw">spinning</a> thread or <a href="/facts/Yarn/fhMTsWg2">yarn</a> from <a href="/facts/Fibres/ttkxAFBu">fibres</a>. It was fundamental to the textile industry prior to the <a href="/facts/Industrial_Revolution/B6E3Fasm">Industrial Revolution</a>. It laid the foundations for later <a href="/facts/Cotton-spinning_machinery/y225eLB0">machinery</a> such as the <a href="/facts/Spinning_jenny/j8ECHQTj">spinning jenny</a> and <a href="/facts/Spinning_frame/t2fya1ot">spinning frame</a>, which displaced the spinning wheel during the Industrial Revolution. </p>