dec 23, 1801 - Jacquard machine
Description:
A loom is fitted[1] with the jackquard machine[2] which allows it to automatically create complex patters. Textiles are mass produced and the same after each production run. Patent under MACHINÉS ET PROCÉDÉSSPÉCIPIÉS DANS LES BREVETS D 'INVENTION, DE PERFECTIONNEMENT ET D 'IMPORTATION, Patent number 223, 26 June 1801.
[1] https://www.google.com/books/edition/Description_des_machines_et_proc_C3_A9d_/6U0FAAAAQAAJ?hl=en
[2]The image is a Jacquard loom (thread on left, punch cards right) showing information punch-cards, National Museum of Scotland.
Image generated by Stephen C Dickson
[3] BREVET D ' INVENTION DE DIX ANS , Pour une machine destinée à suppléer le tireur de
lacs, dans la fabrication des étoffes brochées et façonnées, Au sieur Jacquard, de Lyon .
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dec 23, 1801
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~ 223 years ago