HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTING DEVICES 2 (PRE COMPUTER AGE TO 19TH CENTURY) JACQUARD’S LOOM (FEATURES, COMPONENT AND USES) The Jacquard loom is a mechanical loom, invented by Joseph Marie Jacquard in 1801. This loom simplifies the process of manufacturing textiles with complex patterns such as brocade, damask and matelassé. The loom is controlled by punched […]
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Electro-mechanical Counting Devices JOSEPH JACQUARD’S LOOM The Jacquard machine is a device fitted to a power loom that simplifies the process of manufacturing textiles with such complex patterns as brocade, damask and matelassé. It was invented by Joseph Marie Jacquard in 1804. The loom was controlled by a chain of cards, a number of punched
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HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTING DEVICES II JACQUARD’S LOOM Is a mechanical loom, invented by Joseph Marie Jacquard in the year 1801. It was used for manufacturing textiles with complex pattern. [e.g. damask, brocade etc.]. It was usually operated with punch cards. DIFFERENCE ENGINE This device was invented by Charles Babbage (known as the Father of
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