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	John Kay (flying shuttle) Summary
		The flying shuttle was mounted on wheels in a track and paddles were used to bat the shuttle from side to side when the weaver pulled a cord.
		John Kay (June 17, 1704 – 1780) was the inventor of the flying shuttle, which was a key contribution to the Industrial Revolution.
		Essay from http://www.cottontown.org on John Kay and the flying shuttle.
	www.bookrags.com /John_Kay_(flying_shuttle) (755 words)

	FLYING SHUTTLE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Before the invention of the flying shuttle by John Kay in 1733, it was only possible for cloth to be woven up to a maximum of the width of a man's body, across his arms.
		John Kay, a native of Bury, in Lancashire, then residing at Colchester, where the woollen manufacture was at that time carried on, suggested a mode of throwing the shuttle, which enabled the weaver to make nearly twice as much cloth as he could make before.
		John Kay was born the 12th son of a farmer and wool manufacturer in Bury, Lancashire, England.
	whoinventedthis.com /inventions/flyingshuttle.html (1562 words)

	John Kay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		John Kay was born on July 16, 1704.
		The flying shuttle was a loom used to weave cloth.
		The flying shuttle had a mechanical device attached to the side that sent the thread "flying" with the jerk of a cord.
	www3.northstar.k12.ak.us /schools/tan/lite/sci/kyle.html (68 words)

	Of Men and Machines--The Industrial Revolution
		The flying shuttle, invented by John Kay, greatly accelerated the process of weaving.
		John Kay wanted to hasten this process which was relatively slow (although one weaver required the threads made by four spinners to keep going at a steady pace).
		His flying shuttle mechanized the process of throwing the shuttle when the heddles were raised.
	library.thinkquest.org /05aug/01419/flyingshuttletext.html (399 words)

	Weaving the fine fabric of success
		There is a famous picture of John Kay, hero of the industrial revolution, trying to protect a prototype of his flying shuttle from a riotous mob.
		John Kay of Bury, north-west England, invented the flying shuttle, a device that enabled a mechanical weaving machine to be operated by one person.
		The two key technologies of the revolution in textiles were weaving and spinning and, while the flying shuttle set the scene for mechanical weaving, the spinning frame was equally important in creating a modern textile industry.
	www.johnkay.com /strategy/267 (702 words)

	The Open Door Web Site : History : The Industrial Revolution : The "Flying Shuttle"
		Before the invention of the flying shuttle by John Kay in 1733, it was only possible for cloth to be woven up to a maximum of the width of a man's body, across his arms.
		The flying shuttle also allowed the thread to be woven at a faster rate, thus enabling the process of weaving to become faster.
		John Kay was the son of a wool manufacturer in Bury, Lancashire.
	www.saburchill.com /history/chapters/IR/009.html (403 words)

	John Kay
		Passing the shuttle containing the weft through the 'shed' formed by lifting alternate warp threads was an awkward business - it effectively limited the width of cloth that could be woven to the length of the weaver's arm as he passed the shuttle through.
		Kay's great innovation was to increase the speed at which the shuttle passed across the loom, and to increase the distance that it travelled.
		The shuttle was propelled backwards and forwards along the race by means of a 'picking peg' which the weaver jerked from side to side.
	www.cottontown.org /page.cfm?pageid=605&language=eng (393 words)

	Flying Shuttle \| World of Invention
		Chronologically, the shuttle came first, and it was the use of this device that forced the spinning industry to become more productive and efficient, eventually leading to the mechanization of all spinning and weaving.
		Like the inventions of Hargreaves and Crompton, Kay's flying shuttle was not welcomed by the local hand-weavers, who foresaw their imminent obsolescence.
		Because the flying shuttle required only one weaver to quickly and easily create very wide cloth, its use drastically increased the demand for thread, putting pressure on the spinning mills.
	www.bookrags.com /research/flying-shuttle-woi (472 words)

	Flying shuttle at AllExperts
		The flying shuttle was developed by John Kay in 1733, and was one of the key developments in weaving that helped fuel the Industrial Revolution.
		The flying shuttle enabled the weaver to propel the shuttle through a wider strip of cloth with a single hand, and allowed the other hand to perform the combing to compact the cloth.
		Kay also suffered because his invention was used by others without his getting any royalties: the trials that he faced led him to leave for France, and he died without getting any lasting benefit from his invention.
	en.allexperts.com /e/f/fl/flying_shuttle.htm (293 words)

	Industrial Revolution - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Lewis Paul and John Wyatt, of Birmingham, patented the Roller Spinning machine and the flyer-and-bobbin system, for drawing Wool to a more even thickness, later Paul and Wyatt opened a mill in Birmingham which used their new rolling machine powered by the humble Donkey.
		The output of an individual labourer increased dramatically, with the effect that these new machines were seen as a threat to employment, and early innovators were attacked and their inventions were destroyed.
		John Lombe's water-powered silk mill at Derby was operational by 1721.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Industrial_Revolution (8254 words)

	John Kay (flying shuttle) at AllExperts
		John Kay (June 17, 1704 – 1780) was the inventor of the flying shuttle, which was a key contribution to the Industrial Revolution.
		The flying shuttle greatly accelerated the speed at which weaving could be performed by allowing the shuttle carrying the weft to be passed through the warp threads more quickly and over a greater width of cloth.
		The production of cotton yarn was generally insufficient to keep up with the demand for hand-loom weavers, so his invention was not appreciated by weavers who thought it would steal their jobs; consequently he was persecuted and his constructions were damaged or destroyed.
	en.allexperts.com /e/j/jo/john_kay_(flying_shuttle).htm (255 words)

	Flying Shuttle
		John Kay, a native of Bury, in Lancashire, then residing at Colchester, where the woollen manufacture was at that time carried on, suggested a mode of throwing the shuttle, which enabled the weaver to make nearly twice as much cloth as he could make before.
		John Kay brought this ingenious invention to his native town, and introduced it among the woollen weavers, in the same year, but it was not much used among the cotton weavers until 1760.
		In that year Robert Kay, of Bury, son of John Kay, invented the drop-box, by means of which the weaver can at pleasure use any of three shuttles, each containing a different coloured weft, without the trouble of taking them from and replacing them in the lathe.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /TEXflying.htm (385 words)

	John Kay - page 1
		The Kay we are concerned with here was born to a yeoman farming family at Park, a tiny hamlet just North of Bury, on June 17th, 1704.
		His father died before he was born, and the youngster was eventually apprenticed to a reedmaker - reeds are comb-like devices attached to the handloom that keep the warp threads separated.
		Then three years later, he revealed to the world his flying shuttle - the invention that arguably was to do more than any other to kick start the Industrial Revolution.
	www.cottontimes.co.uk /JohnKayo.htm (431 words)

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		In 1733 John Kay patented his flying shuttle that dramatically increased the speed of this process.
		Kay placed shuttle boxes at each side of the loom connected by a long board, known as a shuttle race.
		By means of cords attached to a picking peg, a single weaver, using one hand, could cause the shuttle to be knocked back and forth across the loom from one shuttle box to the other.
	www.lycos.com /info/shuttle--shuttles.html?page=2 (544 words)

	James Hargreaves
		John Kennedy, the first historian of the cotton trade, says that even before the coming of the great inventions, the multiplication of hand implements was forcing work outside the cottages and that a division of labour among families was emerging.
		First, John Kay's "fly shuttle" of 1733, which was widely introduced in the cotton industry during the 1750s, doubled the weaver's output and made him dependent on several spinners.
		Details of a machine for spinning cotton by water power, devised in about 1745 by John Kay, inventor of the fly shuttle, have not survived, nor is anything known of a machine to spin and reel cotton that was built about 1753 by Lawrence Earnshaw of Mottram.
	www.grimshaworigin.org /WebPages/HargGrim.htm (4726 words)

	John Kay
		Kay patented his flying shuttle that dramatically increased the speed of this process.
		Kay was born near the Lancashire town of Bury...
		Kay's flying shuttle on their looms, he probably felt frustrated by the inability of his family...
	www.netactics.co.uk /john_kay.html (379 words)

	More info about the poet: John Kay - references bibliography
		John Kay was born near the Lancashire town of Bury.
		He patented (1733) the fly shuttle, operated by pulling a cord that drove the shuttle to either side, freeing on.
		John Kay (flying shuttle) The Memorial to John Kay in Bury, Lancashire, England John Kay (June 17, 1704 – 1780) was the inventor of the flying.
	www.poemhunter.com /john-kay/resources (486 words)

	John Kay
		In 1733 Kay patented his flying shuttle that dramatically increased the speed of this process.
		Some woollen manufacturers used Kay's flying shuttle but were reluctant to pay him royalties.
		In 1753 Kay's house in Bury was ransacked by a mob of textile workers who feared that his machines would destroy their livelihood.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /SCkay.htm (312 words)

	The Industrial Revolution - Innovations
		John Kay, a mechanic from Lancashire, patented the flying shuttle.
		Using cords attached to a picking peg, a single weaver, using one hand, could operate the shuttle on the loom (Simkin).
		With inventions such as the flying shuttle, the spinning jenny, and many others, the making of cloth became much faster, and could be done on a much wider scale (Kaufman).
	industrialrevolution.sea.ca /innovations.html (2016 words)

	Literary Encyclopedia: Kay.s .Flying Shuttle. invented
		May 1733 he was granted a patent for his flying shuttle, a device which would transform weaving.
		The flying shuttle carried the weft yarn of the woven cloth crossways between the strands of warp.
		By fitting the shuttle with wheels on a track, and using paddles to bat it from side to side, Kay made it possible for the width of a piece of cloth to exceed the breadth of the weaver’s arms, and also doubled the speed with which a textile could be woven.
	www.litencyc.com /php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=1551 (210 words)

	Flying Shuttle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Invented in 1733 by John Kay, this was the first mechanical weaving device.
		Combining a shuttle on wheels with other devices allowed the weaver to work quickly.
		The flying shuttle replaced wooden hand looms that could be large and awkward.
	pangea.tec.selu.edu /~acheney/645/flyingshuttle.html (92 words)

	The Hindu : Young World : Jenny speeds up spinning
		However, like many others who had adopted John Kay's flying shuttle, he felt frustrated by the inability of his family to keep him supplied with thread.
		Just as it happened earlier with Kay's flying shuttle, Spinning Jenny too aroused jealousy and fear among his neighbours and, in 1768, an irate mob gathered at Blackburn's market cross and marched to Stanhill, where they smashed the frames of 20 machines he was building.
		Since his patent was ignored by the poachers, just like Kay of the Flying Shuttle, he died in poverty and obscurity in Nottingham in 1777.
	www.hindu.com /yw/2006/09/01/stories/2006090100060100.htm (646 words)

	Industrial Revolution - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		This was made possible by earlier improvements in iron smelting and metal working based on the use of coke rather than charcoal.
		Earlier in the 18th century the textile industry had harnessed water power to drive improved spinning machines (see spinning jenny) and looms (see flying shuttle).
		These laws improved the situation; however child labour remained a problem in Europe up to the 20th century.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/i/n/d/Industrial_revolution.html (5783 words)

	Two birthdates of the Industrial Revolution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The first outstanding invention in textile production was John Kay's "flying shuttle" (1733); here might be dated the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.
		Kay arranged a mechanism of wheels, hammers, and rods whereby a sharp tap of the hand would send the shuttle flying from one side to an automatic stop at any predetermined width.
		In that year Lewis Paul, son of a Huguenot immigrant, patented a spinning machine built apparently on lines suggested by John Wyatt: a system of rollers drew out the corded ropes of cotton or wool into threads of any desired fineness, and spun it on spindles, all with a minimum of toil.
	home.comcast.net /~glennwatson550/worksheets/birthday.html (511 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		One was the crude, slow-moving steam engine built by Thomas Newcomen (1705), which was used to pump water out of mines.
		The second was John Kay's flying shuttle (1733).
		The third was a frame for spinning cotton thread with rollers, first set up by Lewis Paul and John Wyatt (1741).
	www.lycos.com /info/industrial-revolution--industries.html?page=3 (365 words)

	The Industrial Revolution: Ragz-International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Until John Kay invented the flying shuttle in 1733 and James Hargreaves the spinning jenny 31 years later, the making of yarn and the weaving of cloth had been much the same for thousands of years.
		As the flying shuttle sped up weaving, the demand for cotton yarn increased.
		Thomas Telford and John MacAdam each developed a method of road construction better than any that had been known since the ancient Romans built their famous roads.
	history-world.org /industrial_revolution.htm (4243 words)

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