Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for John Kay (flying shuttle) across 3 places, from 1704 to 1758.
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John Kay (17 June 1704 – c. 1779) was an English inventor whose most important creation was the flying shuttle, which was a key contribution to the Industrial Revolution.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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17 June 1704exact date
Lancashireattested“John Kay was born on 17 June 1704 in the Lancashire hamlet of Walmersley, just north of Bury.”source: Wikipedia: John Kay (flying shuttle)
1733year
Bury, Greater Manchesterattested“Kay tried to promote the fly-shuttle in Bury, but could not convince the woollen manufacturers that it was sufficiently robust; he spent the next two years improving the technology, until it had several advantages over the device specifi…”source: Wikipedia: John Kay (flying shuttle)
1758year
Englandattested“He found his prospects in England unimproved; by 1758 he was back in France, which became his adopted country, though he was to visit England at least twice more.”source: Wikipedia: John Kay (flying shuttle)
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29 June 1725exact date
Bury, Greater Manchestermentioned“After travelling the country, making and fitting wire reeds, he returned to Bury and, on 29 June 1725, both he and his brother, William, married Bury women.”source: Wikipedia: John Kay (flying shuttle)
1730year
Bury, Greater Manchestermentioned“In Bury he continued to design improvements to textile machinery; in 1730 he patented a cording and twisting machine for worsted.”source: Wikipedia: John Kay (flying shuttle)
July 1733month
Colchestermentioned“The shuttle was described as travelling at "a speed which cannot be imagined, so great that the shuttle can only be seen like a tiny cloud which disappears the same instant." In July 1733, Kay formed a partnership in Colchester, Essex to…”source: Wikipedia: John Kay (flying shuttle)
1738year
Leedsmentioned“In 1738 Kay went to Leeds, where his problem had become royalty collection (the annual licence fee was 15 Shillings per shuttle).”source: Wikipedia: John Kay (flying shuttle)
1747year
Englandmentioned“Probably encouraged by the prospect of state support, in 1747, Kay left England for France (where he had never been before, and did not speak the language).”source: Wikipedia: John Kay (flying shuttle)
1747year
Parismentioned“Kay went to Paris, and throughout 1747 negotiated with the French Government (in English) to sell them his technology.”source: Wikipedia: John Kay (flying shuttle)
1753 to 1756period
Englandmentioned“John Kay unsuccessfully tried to enforce his manufacturing monopoly, and began to quarrel with the French authorities, briefly returning to England, in 1756 (it is said that he was in his Bury home in 1753 when it was vandalised by a mob…”source: Wikipedia: John Kay (flying shuttle)
1753 to 1756period
Francementioned“John Kay unsuccessfully tried to enforce his manufacturing monopoly, and began to quarrel with the French authorities, briefly returning to England, in 1756 (it is said that he was in his Bury home in 1753 when it was vandalised by a mob…”source: Wikipedia: John Kay (flying shuttle)
1758year
Francementioned“He found his prospects in England unimproved; by 1758 he was back in France, which became his adopted country, though he was to visit England at least twice more.”source: Wikipedia: John Kay (flying shuttle)
1765year
Royal Society of Artsmentioned“In the winter of 1765/66 he appealed to the Royal Society of Arts to reward him for his inventions, and exhibited his card-making machine for them.”source: Wikipedia: John Kay (flying shuttle)
1765year
Royal Societymentioned“In the winter of 1765/66 he appealed to the Royal Society of Arts to reward him for his inventions, and exhibited his card-making machine for them.”source: Wikipedia: John Kay (flying shuttle)
1773 to 1774period
Englandmentioned“He was in England again in 1773, but returned to France in 1774 having lost his pension (at aged 70).”source: Wikipedia: John Kay (flying shuttle)
1773 to 1774period
Francementioned“He was in England again in 1773, but returned to France in 1774 having lost his pension (at aged 70).”source: Wikipedia: John Kay (flying shuttle)
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