This chair was used by John Kay, the inventor of the flying shuttle. He was born at Rothwell's of the Park, Walmersley, Bury in 1704. In 1733 Kay invented the wheel shuttle (Flying Shuttle ...

One mural depicts my 18th century namesake, John Kay, creator of the flying shuttle. He is wrapped in a bale of cloth to escape detection as angry weavers demolish his invention. The events it ...

Innovations in textiles were one of the main sources of the industrial revolution - among them John kay's flying shuttle. The Lancashire cotton industry changed the world - made the modern economy ...

Spinning machines: 1733 The mechanisation of the textile industry, which began with John Kay's flying shuttle, brought the first factories THE development of spinning and weaving machines in the ...

This chair was used by John Kay, the inventor of the flying shuttle. He was born at Rothwell's of the Park, Walmersley, Bury in 1704. In 1733 Kay invented the wheel shuttle (Flying Shuttle ...