Motorway and jacquard loom: what they have in common

1. Step 1. Motorway — is a kind of — Paved road. A road.
2. Step 2. Paved road — is made of — Stone. Paved roads were laid with stone.
3. Step 3. Stone — is material for — Cylinder seal. Seals were carved from stone.
4. Step 4. Cylinder seal — works like — Gutenberg printing press. An analogy: both a seal and a press reproduce a pre-carved pattern.
5. Step 5. Gutenberg printing press — works like — Jacquard loom. 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.

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