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Joseph Marie Jacquard

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Noun1.Joseph Marie Jacquard - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)Joseph Marie Jacquard - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)
Jacquard, Joseph M. Jacquard
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Invented by Frenchman Joseph Marie Jacquard in the French city of Lyon around 1800, the Jacquard loom was the first to weave complicated patterns.
End of a textile era as Jacquard loom closes by AFP / AFP Global Edition
The history of computers shows the first programmable device was credited to Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752-1834) of France for inventing the automatic pattern loom.
Computers & weaving by O'Connell, Kenneth R. / School Arts
 
 
 
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