Thomas Highs
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Thomas Highs (1718–1803), of Leigh, Lancashire, was a reed-maker[1][2] 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 (invented by James Hargreaves), a carding machine and the throstle[3] (a machine for the continuous twisting and winding of wool).