Talk:Thomas Highs

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[edit] Kay or Kays?

Article seems to switch between "Kay" and "Kays", and I'm wondering if that is indeed a different person or the author was having muscle memory problems after having to type "Highs" so much. I'm asking because I know there are at least two John Kays (s because of the plural, both are named John Kay) from this time period and we've had problems before with confusion between the two. Syrthiss 12:09, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

The two John Kays were unrelated. The first, born in Bury, Lancashire, in 1704, patented the Flying Shuttle in 1733. It was an attachment that speeded up production from the handloom, and could be said to have kick-started the Industrial Revolution.
The second Kay was a clockmaker from Warrington - then in Lancashire - who collaborated with Thomas Highs, first on the Spinning Jenny and later on the roller-drafting machine that would eventually become Richard Arkwright's Warer Frame. The Throstle was a later, improved version of the Water Frame with a metal chassis instead of a wooden one.
The article on Highs is misleading and innacurate in places, and needs editing. Biographies of Highs, Arkwright and James Hargreaves can be found on my website, www.cottontimes.co.uk - Dougpeacock 11:50, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Questions

What's this "throstle" that gets mentioned? Melchoir 06:12, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

I thought James Hargreaves invented the spinning Jenny? not High i thought he invented the spinning frame. - Knightousmaximous 02:08, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

What's up with the "Almost certainly Heyes" thing at the top? It has a link to an outside website that is completely and utterly irrelevant. - 67.172.32.149 22:22, 21 May 2008 (UTC)