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Invention of Flying Shuttle

Great Britain · Science / Technology. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1733Date range
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Chronological records

1733

John Kay1733

London · Science / Technology

Invents the flying shuttle, a mechanized form of weaving

Names involved

John Kay

Provenance

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