Toothbrush e Máquina analítica de Babbage: o que têm em comum
- Passo 1. Toothbrush — é feito de — Plant fibre. The bristles were hog hair, later nylon.
- Passo 2. Plant fibre — é utilizado em — Loom. Cloth is woven from threads spun from fibres.
- Passo 3. Loom — inclui — Jacquard loom. A loom with punched cards.
- Passo 4. Jacquard loom — inspirou — Máquina analítica de Babbage. Babbage borrowed Jacquard’s punched cards directly for entering operations and data; Ada Lovelace compared the machine to the Jacquard loom.