Jacquard loom

A Jacquard Loom The Jacquard loom was invented by Joseph Marie Jacquard in Lyon in 1801 to weave textiles, mainly silk. It stored weaving programmes in a series of punched cards. Usually, about 4,000 cards were used for each design, though a portrait of Jacquard [see below] needed 24,000 cards. I have seen one of these portraits [in the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, Paris] and the quality is remarkable. Automatic looms were already in use but could only produce simple designs. Complex…

A Jacquard Loom, invented 1801, considered a precursor to the modern computer. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquard_loom

Jaguard Loom

"Computer" automation has been around a surprising long time... The Jacquard loom from 1801... It was patented by Joseph Marie Jacquard in 1804. It used binary coded punch cards for the automatic weaving of patterns. #Innovation #Automation #IndustrialRevolution #Textiles

The Macclesfield Silk Museum have used a Raspberry Pi to make a Jacquard loom simulator. Another lovely example of the connection between textiles and technology!

1752: Joseph Marie Jacquard is born in Lyon, France. The weaver and inventor would create the first programmable power loom, revolutionize the weaving industry and lay the foundation for modern data computation. Jacquard came from a family of silk weavers and went through a bankruptcy and the French Revolution before starting work on an automated, […]

Jacquard loom

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The Jacquard Loom, an attachment that utilized punch cards to weave complex designs, was a forerunner of computer programming.