Jacquard's Loom
Punched cards, used today to provide data and instructions to computers, were invented in the late eighteenth century by French inventor Joseph-Marie Jacquard (1752–1834)...
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French Inventor Jacquard Produces a Weaving Loom Controlled by Punch Cards (1801), Facilitating the Mechanized Mass Production of Textiles; the Punch Card System Also Influences Early Computers in the...
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Jacquard Loom
The Jacquard loom was the first automatic loom capable of weaving complex patterns such as tapestry, brocade, and damask. It was able to perform such difficult patterns with the use of p...
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Jacquard's Loom
French Inventor Jacquard Produces a Weaving Loom Controlled by Punch Cards (1801), Facilitating the Mechanized Mass Production of Textiles; the Punch Card System Also Influences Early Computers in the 1940s and 1950s
Jacquard Loom