Gothic cathedral and jacquard loom: what they have in common

1. Step 1. Gothic cathedral — has part — Tower clock. A tower clock.
2. Step 2. Tower clock — has part — Bell. The chime of the clock.
3. Step 3. Bell — is part of — Carillon. Bells.
4. Step 4. Carillon — has part — Pinned cylinder. Automatic carillons have a pinned drum.
5. Step 5. Pinned cylinder — inspired — Bouchon’s loom. Bouchon, the son of an organ maker, carried the idea of a recorded sequence over to punched tape.
6. Step 6. Bouchon’s loom — evolved into — Jacquard loom. Jacquard combined and refined the ideas of Bouchon, Falcon and Vaucanson.

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