joseph marie jacquard invented the power loom that could create complex patterns.
joseph marie jacquard invented the power loom that could create complex patterns.
who invented the power loom that could create complex patterns?
joseph marie jacquard
the jacquard loom is a mechanical loom, invented by joseph marie jacquard in 1801, which simplifies the process of manufacturing textiles with complex patterns such as brocade, damask and matelasse. the loom is controlled by punched cards with punched holes, each row of which corresponds to one row of the design. multiple rows of holes are punched on each card and the many cards that compose the design of the textile are strung together in order. it is based on earlier inventions by the frenchmen basile bouchon (1725), jean baptiste falcon (1728) and jacques vaucanson (1740) to call it a loom is a misnomer, a jacquard head could be attached to a power loom or a hand loom, the head controlling which warp thread was raised during shedding. multiple shuttles could be used to control the colour of the weft during picking. the jacquard loom is the predecessor to the punch card computers of the 19th and 20th centuries.
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power looms reduced demand for skilled handweavers, initially causing reduced wages and unemployment. protests followed their introduction. for example, in 1816 two thousand rioting calton weavers tried to destroy power loom mills and stoned the workers.









































in the longer term, by making cloth more affordable the power loom increased demand and stimulated exports, causing a growth in industrial employment, albeit low-paid.









































the power loom also opened up opportunities for women mill workers.









































a darker side of the power loom's impact was the growth of employment of children in power loom mills.









































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