<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">spinning frames</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>ring frames</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>textile fabricating tools and equipment</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>milling machines</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>spinning frame</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>spinning machine</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>spinning-frame</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>water frame</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>water-frame</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ The general term for a range of mechanized devices equipped with long rows of spindles designed to spin and twist cotton fibers into yarn. Lancashire entrepreneur Richard Arkwright is credited with inventing the first spinning frame in 1767, contributing to the Industrial Revolution-era transition to factory-based textile manufacturing. Historically leveraging water power, these machines made it possible to mass produce strong yarn and reduced the need to spin cotton by hand. ]]></note></mads>