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Fascinating facts
about Joseph Jacquard inventor of the Jacquard Loom in 1801. |
Joseph Jacquard |
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AT A GLANCE:
In 1801, Joseph Marie Jacquard, a silk-weaver,
invented an improved textile loom. The Jacquard loom was the first
machine to use punched card. These punched cards controlled the weaving,
enabling an ordinary
workman to produce the most beautiful patterns in a style previously accomplished only
with patience, skill, and hard work. |
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Inventor: |
Joseph Marie Jacquard |
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Criteria: |
First to
invent. First practical. Entrepreneur. |
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Birth: |
July 7,
1752 in Lyon, France |
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Death: |
August 7,
1834 in Oullins, France |
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Nationality: |
French |
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Invention: |
Jacquard Loom |
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Function: |
noun /
a weaving loom named after its inventor |
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Definition: |
Jacquard's
loom mechanism is controlled by recorded patterns of holes in a
string of cards, and allows, what is now known as, the Jacquard
weaving of intricate patterns. |
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Patent: |
The French
government claimed the loom to be public property. |
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Milestones:
CAPS: Jaquard, Joseph Marie Jacquard,
ARY, loom, Jacquard, loom, weaving, computer,
SIP, history, biography, inventor, invention, story, facts. |
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In 1801, Joseph Marie Jacquard, a silk-weaver,
invented an impeoved textile loom. The Jacquard loom was the first
machine to use punced card. These puched cards controlled the weaving, enabled an ordinary
workman to produce the most beautiful patterns in a style previously accomplished only
with patience, skill, and hard work. But though Napoleon rewarded him with a small pension
and the Légion d'Honneur, the silk weavers were long opposed to his machine. At his death
his machine was in almost universal use, and his punched card system was adopted in the
20th-century as a control and data input system for many office machines and early digital
computers.
He presented his invention in
Paris in 1804, and was awarded a medal and patent for his design, however the French
government claimed the loom to then be public property, giving Jacquard a slight royalty
and a small pension. |
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TO LEARN MORE
RELATED INFORMATION:
Invention of the Jacquard Loom
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History of Computing
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ON THE BOOKSHELF:
Jacquard's Web: How A Hand-Loom Led To The Birth Of The Information Age
by James Essinger / Hardcover: 302 pages / Oxford University Press
(October 30, 2004)
ISBN: 0192805770 In Jacquard's Web, James Essinger tells the story of
some of the most brilliant inventors the world has ever known, in this
fascinating account of how a hand-loom invented in Napoleonic France led
to the development of the modern information age.
Computer
Science: An Overview
by J. Glenn Brookshear (Preface) / Paperback - 609 pages 6th edition (1999) /
Addison-Wesley Pub.
The sixth edition of this classic text for the breadth-first computer science
course has
been thoroughly updated to discuss increasingly important trends such as networking,
object-oriented programming, and genetic algorithms.
Schaum's Outline
of Computer Architecture
by Nicholas, Ph.D. Carter / Paperback - 306 pages 1st edition (December 26, 2001) /
McGraw-Hill
An ideal educational resource for the more than 70,000 undergraduate and
graduate students who, each year, enroll in computer architecture and related courses
Go
To
by Steve Lohr / Hardcover - 275 pages 1st edition (October 16, 2001) / Basic Books
The Story of the Math Majors, Bridge Players, Engineers, Chess Wizards, Scientists and
Iconoclasts who were the Hero Programmers of the Software Revolution. Exploring the
strange and hazy days before nerds ruled the earth.
ON THE WEB:.
Jacquard's
Punched Card
Story prsented by University of San Diego with photos from the Smithsonian exhibit.
(URL: history.acusd.edu/gen/recording/jacquard1.html)
Mechanical Aids to Computation and the Development of Algorithms
by Dunne,Dr. Paul E. Department of Computer Science at Liverpool University
(URL: www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~ped/teachadmin/histsci/htmlform/slides.html)
Punched Card Loom
In France, Joseph-Marie Jacquard invented an automatic loom using punched cards for the
control of the patterns in the fabrics. From the Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers, Inc.(1996).The Computer Society:
(URL: www.computer.org/50/history/1801.htm)
Biography of Joseph Marie Jacquard
His first invention was a loom for the weaving of nets, which he was led
to make by reading in an English newspaper that a prize had been offered
by the Society of Arts for such a machine. Jacquard made no attempt to
obtain the prize, but the fact of his invention became known.
(URL: www.sacklunch.net/biography/J/JosephMarieJacquard_1.html)
Joseph Marie Jacquard at ThinkQuest
Teams of students and teachers are challenged to build websites on
educational topics. These websites are published in the popular
ThinkQuest Library and top-scoring teams win valuable prizes.
(URL: library.thinkquest.org/C0126120/jacquard.htm)
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