Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . ^ the necessity of passingthe shuttle from hand to hand. For wide goods two men wererequired, Avho sent the shuttle from one to the other. Theessence of Kays invention was that the shuttle was thrown from 17841 THE FBOGRESS OF MANUFACTURE. 411 side to side along the race-board by a mechanical device insteadof being passed from hand to hand. One hand of the weaveronly was required for the shuttle, while the o
Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . ^ the necessity of passingthe shuttle from hand to hand. For wide goods two men wererequired, Avho sent the shuttle from one to the other. Theessence of Kays invention was that the shuttle was thrown from 17841 THE FBOGRESS OF MANUFACTURE. 411 side to side along the race-board by a mechanical device insteadof being passed from hand to hand. One hand of the weaveronly was required for the shuttle, while the other was left free tobeat up the cloth after each throw, and the shuttle wovdd flyacross wide cloth as readily as narrow. This invention doubledthe weavers power of work in addition to improving the qualityof the work done. Kays invention was patented, but he was. JOHN KAY OF BURY (ARTIST rXKXOWX(The Royal Museum and Art Galleries, Salfonl.) not successful in keeping it to himself The fly shuttle soonbecame widely used, and the demand ibr yarn became greaterthan ever. Kay himself tried his hand at machine spinning,but he was not successful. Nor, indeed, was he the flrst in thefield, for in 1738 Lewis Paul had patented a machine for spinningby a novel method. The method consisted in employing tworollers, the second roller going slightly the faster of the two, awlstretching the sliver as it was delivered oft the first one. Paulwas associated Avith John Wyatt, of Birmingham, and it is held Paul andWyatt:Roller-spinning. Har- greavessJenny. 412 AN SUA OF NEW DEPARTUBES. [1742 by some that Wyatt was the real inventor. Ho himself said so,and his son claimed to possess the fathers original model madein 1733. Probably AVyatt was only employed to make Paulsmachinery; but^ anyhow, the} anticipated Arkwright in theprinciple of spinning by rollers. But whe
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