formed by patent pirates to fight Kay's legal challenges.

By the 1750s, the flying shuttle had spread widely across English weaving districts and was soon adopted on the continent as well. In France, Kay was invited to promote the device and provided demonstrations to French textile interests, although adoption there was slowed by guild resistance and institutional constraints.

In 1788, Scottish weavers Joseph Alexander and James McKevin were likely the first to introduce the flying

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