Hargreaves
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Har·greaves
(här′grēvz′), Alison 1963-1995. British mountaineer who was the second person to climb Mt. Everest alone and without supplementary oxygen (1995). She was killed descending from the summit of K2 that same year.
Hargreaves
, James Died 1778. British inventor of the spinning jenny (c. 1764). He patented his device in 1770.
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Hargreaves
(ˈhɑːɡriːvz)n
(Biography) James. died 1778, English inventor of the spinning jenny
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Har•greaves
(ˈhɑr grivz)n.
James, died 1778, English inventor of spinning machinery.
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