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Joseph-Marie Jacquard

Joseph-Marie Jacquard. By: Kyle Castleman. Brief Biography. Name: Age: 82 (July 7, 1752 - August 7, 1834) Born: Lyon, France Job(s): French silk weaver and inventor Major Accomplishment: Punch card Loom. Joseph-Marie Jacquard. Invention. Invented the

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Joseph-Marie Jacquard

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  1. Joseph-Marie Jacquard By: Kyle Castleman

  2. Brief Biography Name: Age: 82 (July 7, 1752 - August 7, 1834) Born: Lyon, France Job(s): French silk weaver and inventor Major Accomplishment: Punch card Loom Joseph-Marie Jacquard

  3. Invention • Invented the • Made to be an easier way to weave Silk • Used punch cards so that the same pattern could be made over and over again • Was able to then mass produce his silk weavings • Punch cards where reusable and interchangeable Punch card loom

  4. What the Machine did • Used to make fabrics • Clothes where cheaper and easier to make • The machine was now able to make more complex designs • Was able to make the complex designs at the same speed other machines made plain cloth • It could make small repeating patterns or one large design in different colors giant punch cards

  5. Lead the way to… • Lead the way for other inventors to use his punch card • The cards allowed the machines to perform different jobs • Used by Charles Babbage’s analytical machine • Later used by Herman Hollerith by means of entering data into his census collator

  6. Little Known Facts • At first he did not patent his machine…the city of Lyon did • Because of that he was unable to gain any profit from the sale and use of the machine • Finally he was given a state pension from the Emperor Napoleon allowing him to gain money from his machine

  7. More Facts • Was son of silk weaver. Later that became his profanation before inventing • By the time of his death, his loom was almost universally used in the weaving industry • Was awarded the bronze medal for his model at the Industrial Exposition at Paris in 1801

  8. Sources • http://www.answers.com/topic/joseph-marie-jacquard • http://www.nndb.com/people/799/000097508/ • http://www.victorianweb.org/technology/textiles/jacquard.html • http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/recording/images/PDRM0419.jpg • http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/recording/images/PDRM0417.jpg • http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/jacquard.htm

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