Joseph Marie Jacquard.

1752–7 August 1834) was a French silk weaver and inventor, who improved on the original punched card design of Jacques de Vaucanson's loom of 1745, to invent the Jacquard loom mechanism in 1804-1805. 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. Download high resolution version (829x912, 72 KB) This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Download high resolution version (829x912, 72 KB) This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... 1752 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (220th in leap years), with 146 days remaining. ... 1834 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... For other uses, see Inventor (disambiguation). ... A CTR census machine, utilizing a punched card system. ... Jacques de Vaucanson (February 24, 1709-November 21, 1782) was a French engineer and inventor who is credited with creating the worlds first true robots, as well as for creating the first completely automated loom. ... A Turkish woman in Konya works at a traditional loom. ... // Events May 11 - War of Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy - At Fontenoy, French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army including the Black Watch June 4 – Frederick the Great destroys Austrian army at Hohenfriedberg August 19 - Beginning of the 45 Jacobite Rising at Glenfinnan September 12 - Francis I is elected... Jacquard loom on display at Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, England The Jacquard loom is a mechanical loom, invented by Joseph Marie Jacquard in 1801, which used the holes punched in pasteboard punch cards to control the weaving of patterns in fabric. ... 1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1805 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Jacquard weaving makes possible in almost any loom the raising of each warp thread independently of the others. ...

Jacquard was born in Lyon, France. On the death of his father, who was a weaver, Jacquard inherited two looms, with which he started business. However, he did not prosper as a weaver (allegedly because he spent all his time attempting to improve the process), and was at last forced to become a limeburner at Bresse, while his wife supported herself at Lyon by plaiting straw. City flag City coat of arms Motto: (Franco-Provençal: Forward, forward, Lyon the best) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Region Rhône-Alpes Department Rhône (69) Subdivisions 9 arrondissements Intercommunality Urban Community of Lyon Mayor Gérard Collomb  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics... Tweed loom, Harris, 2004 Woven sheet Weaving is an ancient textile art and craft that involves placing two sets of threads or yarn made of fiber called the warp and weft of the loom and turning them into cloth. ... A Turkish woman in Konya works at a traditional loom. ... Bresse is an area of France, in the eastern part of the country, and a former province. ... A plait is a knot usually tied from multiple lines and exhibiting a repeating pattern, often a braid and often referring to hair. ...

There he was employed in a factory, and spent his spare time in constructing his improved loom, the ideas for which he had conceived several years before. In 1801 he exhibited his invention at the industrial exhibition in Paris, which was later destroyed by weavers, fearing for the viability of their profession. In 1803 he was summoned to Paris to work for the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers. A loom by Jacques de Vaucanson (1709-1782), deposited there, suggested various improvements in his own, which he gradually perfected to its final state. A factory worker in 1940s Fort Worth, Texas. ... The Union Jack, flag of the newly formed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM) is a higher education establishment operated by the French government dedicated to providing education and conducting research for the promotion of science and industry. ... Jacques de Vaucanson (February 24, 1709-November 21, 1782) was a French engineer and inventor who is credited with creating the worlds first true robots, as well as for creating the first completely automated loom. ...

His invention was fiercely opposed by the silk-weavers, who feared that its introduction, owing to the saving of labour, would deprive them of their livelihood. However, its advantages secured its general adoption, and the loom was declared public property in 1806, and Jacquard was rewarded with a pension and a royalty on each machine. By 1812 there were 11,000 looms in use in France. Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles. ... 1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... For the overture by Tchaikovsky, see 1812 Overture; For the wars, see War of 1812 (USA - United Kingdom) or Patriotic War of 1812 (France - Russia) For the Siberia Airlines plane crashed over the Black Sea on October 4, 2001, see Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 1812 was a leap year starting...

The use of punched cards was adopted by Charles Babbage around 1830, to control his Analytical Engine, and later by Herman Hollerith for tabulating the 1890 USA census. In the years to come, variations on Jacquard's punched cards would find a variety of uses, including representing music to be played by a player piano. A CTR census machine, utilizing a punched card system. ... Charles Babbage (26 December 1791 – 18 October 1871) was an English mathematician, philosopher, mechanical engineer and (proto-) computer scientist who originated the idea of a programmable computer. ... The analytical engine, an important step in the history of computers, is the design of a mechanical modern general-purpose computer by the British professor of mathematics Charles Babbage. ... Herman Hollerith (February 29, 1860 – November 17, 1929) was an American statistician who developed a mechanical tabulator based on punched cards to rapidly tabulate statistics from millions of pieces of data. ... 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... The player piano is a type of piano that plays music without the need for a human pianist to depress the normal keys or pedals. ...

Jacquard died at Oullins (Rhóne), 7 August 1834. Six years later a statue was erected to him in Lyons, on the site where his 1801 exhibit loom was destroyed. Oullins is a commune in the département of Rhône and the Rhône-Alpes region of France. ... August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (220th in leap years), with 146 days remaining. ... 1834 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...