Ironing board and jacquard loom: what they have in common

1. Step 1. Ironing board — is made of — Cotton. Covered with a cotton cover.
2. Step 2. Cotton — is used in — Sewing machine shuttle. Inside is a bobbin with thread.
3. Step 3. Sewing machine shuttle — is part of — Sewing machine. The shuttle forms the stitch.
4. Step 4. Sewing machine — has part — Cam. Cams drive the fabric feed.
5. Step 5. Cam — is part of — Automaton. Cams set the figures’ movements.
6. Step 6. Automaton — inspired — Jacquard loom. Vaucanson, the maker of automata, built an automatic loom whose ideas Jacquard used.

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