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What are the advantages and disadvantages of the flying shuttle?

Answer:
Advantages:
  • The flying shuttle let weavers make cloth a lot faster than the normal tedious methods of hand making cloth
  • It also let weavers make a wider piece of cloth

Disadvantages:
  • People were jealous of the idea and threatened the inventor, John Kay by trashing his house
  • replaced weavers risking unemployment (but only slightly)
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