John Kay

British inventor of the flying shuttle

1704 CE to 1779 CE

John Kay (1704 – c. 1779) is the inventor of the flying shuttle, which is a key contribution to the Industrial Revolution.

He is often confused with his namesake: fellow Lancastrian textile machinery inventor, the unrelated John Kay who builds the first "spinning frame".

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