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Thomas Highs

British textile engineer · Scientists · Lived 1718 to 1803 · aged 85

Thomas Highs (1718-1803), of Leigh, Lancashire, was a reed-maker and manufacturer of cotton carding and spinning engines in the 1780s, during the Industrial Revolution. He is known for claiming patents on a spinning jenny, a carding machine and the throstle.

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