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hybrid between water frame and spinning jinny, able to make strong and fine thread from cotton
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They aren't efficient enough to replace handweavers yet.
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These limited the working hours of child laborers and set minimum hygiene and safety requirements.
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This was done in an attempt to prevent a five-cent deduction in wages.
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The Luddites attacked factories in northern England and destroyed new machines because the machines were taking their jobs.
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These laws forbade groups forming for political reform. After they were repealed, things like unions could exist.
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This was the forerunner to the Pile Driver™.
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This law prohibited underground work for all women and girls, as well as boys under the age of ten.
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The Great Exhibition took place in the Crystal Palace, which was made entirely of iron and glass.
