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Inventor, designer
John Kay was the inventor of the flying shuttle, which was a key contribution to the Industrial Revolution. His most revolutionary device is a "wheeled shuttle" for the hand loom. It greatly accelerated weaving, by allowing the shuttle carrying the weft to be passed through the warp threads faster and over a greater width of cloth.
Who-is-Who in MMS, History of machines, history of mechanical engineering, machine design, designer, inventor,.
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variant spelling:
Kay, John
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Curriculum vitae
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* 17.06.1704
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Walmersley
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born
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1730
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he patented a cording and twisting machine for worsted
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1733
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he patented a "wheeled shuttle" for the hand loom.
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1745
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he patented a machine for cloth ribbon weaving
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† 1778 - 1780
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France
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died
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