jul 1, 1804 - First Time Mass Production Is Automated
Description:
In 1804, a French inventor named Joseph-Marie Jacquard unveiled what would become the widely adopted “Jacquard Loom.”It worked by translating patterns from punch cards into commands that determined the lifting and lowering of threads, increasing the speed at which complex patterns could be woven by more than twenty times, from one inch to two feet a day.Added to timeline:
Date:
jul 1, 1804
Now
~ 221 years ago