Part of a late 19th century chocolate box or wrapper depicting French engineer Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752-1834). Jacquard was the first to use punche

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Part of a late 19th century chocolate box or wrapper depicting French engineer Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752-1834). Jacquard was the first to use punched cards to control machinery, inventing an automated loom capable of weaving figured fabrics. Silk bearing a woven-in design is still referred to as Jacquard silk.

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Keywords: automation, industry, inventor, jacquard, joseph, loom, marie, portraits, surname, textile