... to make cloth. In 1733 the first invention in textile production came. John Kay created the flying shuttle, which partially mechanized the process of weaving. The flying shuttle increased the speed of weaving narrow cloth and dispensed with the second weaver normally needed to help weave ... wages. Division of labor changed the nature of work; it was an idea important to the Industrial Revolution that called for dividing the production process into basic, individual tasks. Each worker would then perform one task, rather than a single worker doing the entire job. This division of ... the...

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