Illustration showing Mule spinning in a shed lit

Illustration showing Mule spinning in a shed lit by gas flares. Self-acting mule of the type devised by Richard Roberts (1825). Boy in foreground is sweeping up debris: he would continue to do this as the mules passed back and forth over him. (ca 1851)

1825 Continue Devised Flares Forth Mule Mules Passed Shed Spinning Sweeping

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