Robert Kay (inventor)
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Robert Kay (inventor)
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Robert Kay (1728–1802) was an English inventor, best known for designing a drop box to improve the capability of weaving looms. Robert Kay was born in 1728 to John Kay and Ann Holt. He became a shuttlemaker in his native Bury, Lancashire, married in 1748 and had several children. His father emigrated to France in 1747 and was joined there by Robert and two other sons, James and John. The flying shuttle, also known as the wheel-shuttle, had been invented by John senior around 1733 but his commerc
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English inventor (1728–1802)
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