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Q36 (NDA-II/2022) History & Culture › Modern India (Pre-1857) › Colonial economic impact

Who among the following invented the flying shuttle?

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The flying shuttle was invented by John Kay in 1733 [1][3]. Before this invention, weavers had to manually pass the shuttle through the warp threads, a slow process that often required two people for wide cloths [1]. Kay's innovation placed the shuttle on wheels and used a driver controlled by a cord, allowing a single weaver to propel the shuttle back and forth across a 'shuttle race' with one hand. This technological advancement doubled the weaver's output and significantly increased the demand for yarn, which subsequently spurred further inventions like the spinning jenny [1]. While James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny in 1764 and Richard Arkwright developed the water frame, John Kay's flying shuttle remains a foundational contribution to the mechanization of the textile industry during the Industrial Revolution [1].

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  1. [1] History , class XII (Tamilnadu state board 2024 ed.) > Chapter 11: The Age of Revolutions > Important Inventions during Industrial Revolution > p. 168
  2. [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinning_jenny
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