Diagram of a Jacquard loom, 1838-1845. Creator: Unknown.

Diagram of a Jacquard loom, 1838-1845.  Creator: Unknown.

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Diagram of a Jacquard loom, 1838-1845. French text: 'Explication de la mecanique à la Jacquard. Bascule ou levier aux fourchettes des quelles est enfilée une chaine fixée elle même à la caisse de la presse a a. No. 2 coude en fer fixé par l'extremité supérieure à une traverse du battant de la mécanique c, c, l'extremité inférieure se termine en bec, dans lequel la poulie no. 3 glisse quanad le levier fonctionne'. (Rough translation: Explanation of Jacquard mechanics. Rocker or lever on the forks of which a chain is threaded, itself fixed to the body of the press a a. No. 2 iron elbow fixed by the upper end to a crosspiece of the leaf of the mechanism c, c, the lower end ends in a knob, in which the pulley no. 3 slides when the lever operates). Illustration from "Cours de la Théorie concernant la Fabrication des Étoffes de Soie... élève de J. B. La Serve", a work on the manufacture of silk.


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  1. Michel Alphonse Cartier: : Author, writer

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  1. 1946.316.1
  1. 1100001267
  1. 1946.316.1
  1. 2-999-858
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