The Flying Shuttle

This strangely named invention was created by John Kay in 1733. The flying shuttle was on four wheels and it sped back and forth. It had a boat shaped piece of wood where yarn was attached to, and it would double the work of a human weaver in a whole day! Now this machine one did the weaving, it did not spin the fabric. But, the invention of this flying shuttle, ended up increasing the productivity of weavers back in the Industrial Revolution.