Eighteenth-century French Jacquard Punch Card Loom (original) (raw)

The Jacquard loom proved important in both the first and second industrial revolutions — in the first because it demonstrated the mechanization of textile production, leading to British cotton factories; in the second, because its punch-card control system (used in player pianos and other automata) later proved important in early mainframe computing. [Compare a later metal Jacquard loom]

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Created 6 August 2018

Last modified 29 October 2024