"Self-tending mule"
Hi! does anyone know what exactly is a "self-tending mule" and how is it translated into spanish?? I know it is a developement of the spinning wheel during the industrial revolution. But i need to know what exactly is cause i have to do a precise translation. Thank you very much!!
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**On the top is the spinning mule invented by Samuel Crompton. Below that is the self acting or self tending spinning mule an improvement on the original by William Eaton, and finally improved further by Richard Roberts. I found this translation: **
Richard Roberts sacó su primera patente en 1825, y una segunda en 1830. La tarea que se había propuesto era diseñar un selfactor, una mula de acción automática o automática girando. Roberts es conocido también por el Telar Roberts , que fue adoptada ampliamente por su fiabilidad. La mula en 1820 todavía se necesita asistencia manual para hacer girar una línea de continuidad, una mula de acción automática se necesita:
The "self-tending mule" is also known as an automated "spinning-mule," I believe. If this is the case, our dictionary gives "telar para hilar algodón" for "spinning-mule." A spinning-jenny was the term used to refer to the manual devices
I have, however, seen the automated device referred to simply as "telar mecánico," and this site gives "el telar mecánico para la fabricación de muselinas" in its discussion of Samuel Crompton, the inventor of the original manual device.
Richard Roberts was the first to devise a fully automated (steam powered) device of this nature which was referred to (according to Wikiteka) as the Selfactina.
In this regard, you might find the following article helpful: Las máquinas de hilar algodón: la spinning-jenny, la continua, la mule-jenny y la selfactina.
