Weaving. -- No. XIV: Jacquard Apparatus -- Introduction
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Installment XIV of the 1874 series "Weaving" in Engineering introduces the Jacquard apparatus. It explains the principle of perforated paper pressing against needles to select cords, illustrated by Fig. 127 using a draw-loom arrangement with needle box, comb bar and treadle. It traces the idea from Bouchon (1725) and Vaucanson (1745) to Jacquard, and reproduces testimony before British parliamentary committees (1823, 1831-32) by W. Hale, Stephen Wilson and Dr. Bowring on the Jacquard loom's introduction to England and its invention. The article closes by questioning Jacquard's claim as sole inventor.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- November 27, 1874
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
- Archive notes
- Reduced to 85% to fit on printed page.
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