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The flying shuttle is a mechanism invented by John Kay , which allows fabrics to be woven much faster and of larger sizes, dramatically increasing the productivity of looms and marking a turning point in the Industrial Revolution. -
The Spinning Jenny is a multi-spindle spinning machine invented by James Hargreaves in 1764 that revolutionized the textile industry by allowing a single worker to work with several people at once, increasing production and reducing labor. -
The spinning mule was an industrial machine invented by Samuel Crompton in 1779, which combined the best of Hargreaves' Jenny and Arkwright's Water Frame to produce finer, stronger hair automatically. -
The power loom is a machine invented by Edmund Cartwright in 1784 that automated the weaving process, using mechanical power to interlace threads and create fabrics much more quickly and efficiently than manual methods. -
The cotton gusher is a machine designed to separate cotton fibers from their seeds and other contaminants. A manual, slow, and laborious process. Invented by Eli Whitney in 1793. This machine revolutionized textile production by dramatically increasing the speed and efficiency of ginning.