The story of textiles; a bird's-eye view of the history of the beginning and the growth of the industry by which mankind is clothed . atherdied, leaving him a small house and hand loom, and he turnedhis genius to improvements in weaving. He was unsuc-cessful, however, and sought other occupations, workingfirst in a plaster quarry at Bresse, near Lyons, afterwardsat cutlery, type founding, and weaving in Lyons. Heserved during the Revolution of 1792, his son being killedwhile defending Lyons against the army of the Convention. Soon after he attracted the attention of the Council ofLyons, which
The story of textiles; a bird's-eye view of the history of the beginning and the growth of the industry by which mankind is clothed . atherdied, leaving him a small house and hand loom, and he turnedhis genius to improvements in weaving. He was unsuc-cessful, however, and sought other occupations, workingfirst in a plaster quarry at Bresse, near Lyons, afterwardsat cutlery, type founding, and weaving in Lyons. Heserved during the Revolution of 1792, his son being killedwhile defending Lyons against the army of the Convention. Soon after he attracted the attention of the Council ofLyons, which gave him access to an experimental loom forthe development of weaving improvements in the Palaceof Fine Arts, with a stipulation that he should teach scholarswithout charge. He was thus engaged when the Societyof Arts in London offered a reward for a machine formaking fishing nets. On the 2d of February, 1804,Jacquard received three thousand francs and a goldmedal from the London Society for a machine which hehad perfected and exhibited to the Conservatorium of Artsand Trades. This brought him to the attention of Napoleon Bona-. THE STORY OF TEXTILES 97 parte, who sent for him. He was received by Napoleon andhis great minister, Carnot. Are you the man who can do what God Almighty can-not,—tie a knot in a taut string? he was asked by theEmperor. I can do not what God cannot, but what God has taughtme to do, was the reply. He was given a position in the Conservatorium of Arts,where he had not only an opportunity to improve his ownweaving machine, but had also the chance to study the workon textile machines of Bouchon, Falcon, and Vaucanson. Vaucansons machines and automatons, one of whichwas said to have been a duck that would waddle, quack,swim, eat, and digest food by mechanical process, surelyfurnished ideas to Jacquard. Afterwards in 1804 he re-turned to Lyons where he finished his loom. It combinedthe best parts of those of his predecessors, together withthose of his own i
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