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| mid 1700s to early 1800s |
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Basile Bouchon invented a weaving loom that used paper tape, which were punched to dictate the pattern of the cloth. Jean Falcon changed the paper tape to a chain of punched cards so that they could be changed out faster in 1728. Jacques de Vaucanson may significant improvement in 1740 when he invented a better loom that used a cylinder-punched mechanism. 1783 Joseph-Michel Montgolfier and his brother Jacques Etienne flew the first hot air balloon made of cloth bags attached to a linen bag. In 1801 Joseph Marie Jacquard continues to make improvements on what is now known as the jacquard loom. His punched cards were made of metal and were connected in an endless belt. |
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1730s The Industrial Revolution started in England with the first cotton mill. The introduction of punched card looms caused riots against the replacement of people by machines. July
4, 1776 the continental Congress in the United States approved the
Declaration of Independence. The French Revolution took place, 1789-1799. 1818 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was published. |
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http://weaving.about.com/library/weekly/aa032599.htm http://deutsches-museum.de/ausstell/meister/e_web.htm Picture of man working at the loom, & pictures of the men creating the punched cards, courtesy of Kalamazoo College, http://kzoo.edu/~k99ac01/Jacquard.html |
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| Kimberly Acito |
