The Jacquard machine is a device fitted to a loom that simplifies weaving textiles with complex patterns such as brocade, damask and matelasse; a loom fitted with one is called a Jacquard loom. It was patented by Joseph Marie Jacquard in 1804, building on earlier work by Basile Bouchon, Jean Baptiste Falcon and Jacques Vaucanson, and it is controlled by a chain of laced-together punched cards, with each row of holes across a card corresponding to one row of the design to be woven.
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Introduced When (Circa)Patented by Joseph Marie Jacquard in 1804. 1 OriginThe Jacquard machine built on earlier punched-pattern weaving devices, based on inventions by the Frenchmen Basile Bouchon in 1725, Jean Baptiste Falcon in 1728, and Jacques Vaucanson in 1740. 1 Introduced era (class) In the Other Atlases
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1. Jacquard Machine (Wikipedia)
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The machine was patented by Joseph Marie Jacquard in 1804
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based on earlier inventions by the Frenchmen Basile Bouchon (1725), Jean Baptiste Falcon (1728), and Jacques Vaucanson (1740).
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How long did punched pattern weaving take to develop before Jacquard's machine?
Almost eighty years, from Bouchon's 1725 device to Jacquard's 1804 patent.
Joseph Marie Jacquard patented his machine in 1804, but it built on decades of earlier punched pattern weaving devices: Basile Bouchon's invention in 1725, Jean Baptiste Falcon's in 1728, and Jacques Vaucanson's in 1740. Nearly eighty years of prior invention separated Bouchon's first device from Jacquard's patent.
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