Great inventor
The article on John Kay, the inventor of the flying shuttle, made for very poignant reading as it was stated that he died a pauper. It seems to be the fate of all geniuses as it would seem that the great composer Mozart too died a pauper, to cite another example.
V. Mahadevan,
IX B, P.S.S.S.S.S.,
Chennai
"Weaving a fine web" revealed that the invention of the flying shuttle by Kay was a major advancement in the textile industry. Evidently, this great man's invention paved the way for the future of the textile cities of Manchester and Lancashire. However, it is unfortunate that this wonderful inventor died in penury because of the exploitation of his invention in an unscrupulous manner by the factories of those days.
A. Ranganathan,
Coimbatore
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