Jacquard, Joseph Marie

Jacquard, Joseph Marie (1752-1834) A French inventor, Jacquard created a series of mechanical looms in the early nineteenth century. His experiments culminated in the Jacquard loom attachment, which could be programmed, via punch cards, to weave silk in various patterns, colors, and textures automatically. The labor-saving device became highly popular in the silk-weaving industry, and its inventor received royalties on each unit sold and became wealthy in the process. The loom inspired scientists to incorporate the concept of punch cards for computer information stors e. 

In 1801, Joseph Marie Jacquard demonstrated a means of controlling looms using punched cards, thereby creating the world s first programable machine. If a different set of punched cards was used, the pattern of the loom s weave was changed. 

Joseph Marie Jacquard 1752-1834 Franoe Programable loom... 

John Kay s invention of the flying shuttle in 1733 sparked off the first Industrial Revolution, which led to the transformation of industry and subsequently of civilization itself. Yet another in vention in the field of textiles -the Jacquard head by Joseph Marie Jacquard (ca. 1801) - was the first binary information processor. Ada Lovelace, the benefactor for Charles Babbage who worked on the analytical engine (the predecessor to the modern day... 

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