Mercator projection e Máquina CNC: o que têm em comum

1. Passo 1. Mercator projection — utiliza — Gutenberg printing press. Maps were printed in large numbers.
2. Passo 2. Gutenberg printing press — funciona como — 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.
3. Passo 3. Jacquard loom — utiliza — Program control of a machine. The chain of cards is the program of the pattern.
4. Passo 4. Program control of a machine — é utilizado em — Máquina CNC. The tool’s movement is set by a program — at first on punched tape.

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