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Weaving shed fitted with Jacquard power looms, c1880. Artist: Unknown

Weaving shed fitted with Jacquard power looms, c1880. French silk-weaver and inventor Joseph Marie Jacquard invented a loom which used a punched card system to weave complicated patterns in textiles. Swags of punched cards carrying the pattern being woven are at right and above each loom. Illustration published in Paris, c1880.

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Title:

Weaving shed fitted with Jacquard power looms, c1880. Artist: Unknown

Caption:

Weaving shed fitted with Jacquard power looms, c1880. French silk-weaver and inventor Joseph Marie Jacquard invented a loom which used a punched card system to weave complicated patterns in textiles. Swags of punched cards carrying the pattern being woven are at right and above each loom. Illustration published in Paris, c1880.

Personalities:

JOSEPH-MARIE JACQUARD • JACQUARD

Credit:

Album / Oxford Science Archive / Heritage Images

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Image size:

3931 x 2666 px | 30.0 MB

Print size:

33.3 x 22.6 cm | 13.1 x 8.9 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

19TH CENTURY • BLACK & WHITE • BLACK AND WHITE • BUILDING • BUILDINGS • CARD • CARDBOARD • CENTURY • COMPUTER SCIENCE = INFORMATICS • COMPUTER SCIENCE • COMPUTING • CONCEPT • COUNTRY • EVENT • FACTORY WORKER • FACTORY • FRANCE • FRENCH • GUY • INDOORS • INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION • INDUSTRY • INFORMATICS • INSIDE • INTERIOR • INVENTION • JACQUARD • JOB • JOSEPH-MARIE JACQUARD • JOSEPH-MARIE • LOCATION • LOOM • MALE • MAN • MANUFACTURING • MAP • MECHANISATION • MEMORY • MEN • MONOCHROMATIC • MONOCHROME • NINETEENTH CENTURY • OCCUPATION • PEOPLE • PROFESSION • PUNCH CARD • PUNCHED CARD • SCIENCE • TECHNOLOGY • TEXTILE INDUSTRY • TEXTILE WORKER • TEXTILES WORKER • TEXTILES • TRADE • WEAVING • WORKER • WORKERS