COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
02786
Record number:
02786-4
JCB call number:
DC P415m
Image title:
A New invented Machine for Spinning of Wool or Cotton
Creator 1:
Christopher Tully
Creator 1 role:
Engraved ... by
Place image published:
[Philadelphia]
Image publisher:
[R. Aitken]
Image date:
[1775]
Image function:
fold-out plate; vol. 1, following p. 158
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
20.5 cm.
Image dimension width:
22.9 cm.
Page dimension height:
20.8 cm.
Page dimension width:
25.3 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Inscription:
u.r.: 158
Languages:
English
Description:
Wool or cotton spinning machine. Items in the image are lettered for identification in text.
Source Title:
The Pennsylvania magazine: or, American monthly museum. Volume I
Source place of publication:
Philadelphia
Source publisher:
Printed and sold by R. Aitken, printer and bookseller, opposite the London Coffee-House, Front-street
Source date:
MDCCLXXV. [1775]
notes:
The first spinning jenny seen in America was exhibited in Philadelphia and was constructed by Tully after the plan of James Hargreaves. Hargreaves, a carpenter and weaver, invented a machine (named after his daughter) which spun thread. He did not apply for a patent for his machine until 1770; before that time others freely copied his machine. The Pennsylvania Magazine was only published from January 1775 through July 1776. The July 1776 issue included the first magazine printing of the Declaration of Independence.
Time Period:
1751-1800
Visual categories:
Mechanical drawings
Subject matter:
inventions
References:
www.sailsinc.org/durfee/earl2.pdf (Dec. 2005); Verner, C. "The Aitken map of Virginia," Imago Mundi, XVI, p. 152-156
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1891 by John Nicholas Brown.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
North America
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject headings:
Inventions--North America
A New invented Machine for Spinning of Wool or Cotton
