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John Kay (17 June 1704 – c. 1779) was an English inventor whose most important creation was the flying shuttle, which was a key contribution to the Industrial Revolution. He is often confused with his namesake, who built the first "spinning frame".
John Kay (born July 16, 1704, near Bury, Lancashire, England—died c. 1780, France) was an English machinist and engineer, inventor of the flying shuttle, which was an important step toward automatic weaving.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Oct 28, 2013 · WHOSE INVENTION IN THE YEAR 1733 OF THE FLY SHUTTLE. QUADRUPLED HUMAN POWER IN WEAVING & PLACED ENGLAND IN THE FRONT RANK. AS THE BEST MARKET IN THE WORLD FOR TEXTILE MANUFACTURES. HE WAS BORN IN BURY IN 1704, AND DIED IN EXILE AND POVERTY IN FRANCE, WHERE HE LIES IN AN UNKNOWN GRAVE.
Nov 19, 2019 · In 1733, John Kay invented the flying shuttle, an improvement to looms that enabled weavers to weave faster and contributed to the Industrial Revolution.
- Mary Bellis
John Kay died in the south of France during the winter of 1780–81. The exact date and place remain unknown, as does the site of his grave. His son Robert Kay stayed in England, and developed the drop box, which allowed looms to use wefts of multiple colours.
His invention of the flying shuttle for weaving stimulated successive inventions in the mechanisation of textile production. Kay was born near the town of Bury in north-west England at the beginning of the eighteenth century.
John Kay. 1704-1764. English Inventor and Machinist. John Kay was an English machinist and inventor who patented the flying shuttle, a device that helped take an important step towards automatic weaving. When the flying shuttle was invented in 1733, it helped to increase the speed of the weaving operation and its use required the development of ...
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