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Katherine Chipman

Joseph-Marie Jacquard Biography (1752-1834) - 0 views

  • the Jacquard loom used a system of hooks and needles to lift the appropriate warp threads. The pattern was stored on a collection of thick paper cards perforated with rectangular holes. As the fabric was woven, the hooks were held stationary by the surface of the card. However, whenever a hole was encountered, a hook would be allowed to pass through to lift its thread. By stringing together a large number of cards, an intricate pattern could be created.
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    How Jacquard's loom worked
Katherine Chipman

Inventor Joseph Marie Jacquard - 0 views

  • 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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    This explains a little more about Jacquard's loom and its significance.
Andrew DeWitt

Earth Station Nine - 0 views

  • The US exhibit included the: McCormack Reaper, Colt Revolver, a 16,400 lb hunk of zinc, unpickable locks, a model of Niagara Falls and a piano that could be played by 4 people at the same time.
  • The Egyptian Court featured the hieroglyphic "Rosetta Stone"
  • Items on display included: the Jacquard loom, an envelope machine that could handle 60 pieces a minute, Lucifer matches, tools, steam engines, kitchen appliances, steel-making displays, powdered graphite in the form of yellow pencils, McCormack Reaper, Bowie knives, Swiss watches, a stuffed elephant, 40 foot scale model of the London docks with 1600 miniature ships, a knife with 1851 blades, prototype submarine, farm equipment, electric clocks, washing machine, false teeth, artificial limbs, chewing tobacco, centrifugal pump, Jacquard lace machine, steam-press, camerae-obscurae, Caloric Engine, Colt's Pistols, Prouty and Mears' Plows, American Bridges, household furniture made of coal, rhubarb champagne, artificial arms and legs, two chairs designed by Mr. Carl Leistler, centrifugal impellers (pumps). 
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    List of facts about the 1851 Crystal Palace
Brian Earley

NSG IT World: History of Computers - 0 views

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      Sticky note marks the spot of beginning.
Kevin Watson

The Autoloom Revolutionizes Textile Manufacturing - History.com Video - 0 views

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    Great video that quickly explains Jacquard's Autoloom. Helps explain what the autoloom has to do with modern computing and the binary system.
Bri Zabriskie

Jacquard loom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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    Wow. Complicated.
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