Fleece and screw press: what they have in common

1. Step 1. Fleece — is a kind of — Textile. Fleece is a soft polyester fabric, often from recycled bottles.
2. Step 2. Textile — uses — Loom. Cloth is woven on a loom.
3. Step 3. Loom — includes — Jacquard loom. A loom with punched cards.
4. Step 4. Jacquard loom — works like — Gutenberg printing press. An analogy, not proven influence: both set type and a chain of punched cards are a replaceable pattern that a machine reproduces over and over.
5. Step 5. Gutenberg printing press — has part — Screw press. Gutenberg adapted the screw press known from pressing grapes.

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