John Kay's Flying Shuttle
May 26, 1733
A weaver in Bury, Lancashire, patented a shuttle carried on wheels through a race by jerks of a cord. One weaver could now do the work of two; looms could be wider than arm's reach. Other weavers beat Kay when they understood. The textile revolution, about to remake a nation, had started.
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- Molasses Act · North America · Politics
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Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.