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Joseph Marie Charles dit (called or nicknamed) Jacquard ( French: [ʒakaʁ]; 7 July 1752 – 7 August 1834) was a French weaver and merchant.
Joseph-Marie Jacquard (born July 7, 1752, Lyon, France—died August 7, 1834, Oullins) was a French inventor of the Jacquard loom, which served as the impetus for the technological revolution of the textile industry and is the basis of the modern automatic loom.
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Joseph Marie Jacquard's invention was an attachment that sat on top of a loom. A series of cards with holes punched in them would rotate through the device. Each hole in the card corresponded with a specific hook on the loom, which served as a command to raise or lower the hook.
Joseph Marie Charles dit Jacquard, né le 7 juillet 1752 à Lyon et mort le 7 août 1834 à Oullins, est un inventeur français, à qui l'on doit le métier à tisser mécanique programmable dit métier Jacquard.
Mar 25, 2024 · Learn about the life and achievements of Joseph Marie Jacquard, a French silk weaver who created the automated programmable loom with punch cards in 1801. Discover how his invention transformed the textile industry, influenced modern computing, and secured France's textile supremacy in the 19th century.
Joseph Marie Charles dit (called or nicknamed) Jacquard (7 July 1752 – 7 August 1834) was a French weaver and merchant. He played an important role in the development of the earliest programmable loom (the "Jacquard loom"), which in turn played an important role in the development of other programmable machines, such as computers.
When Joseph-Marie Jacquard, a French weaver and merchant, patented his invention in 1804, he revolutionised how patterned cloth could be woven.
