Scissor blades und jacquard loom: was sie gemeinsam haben
- Schritt 1. Scissor blades — ist Teil von — Scissors. Two crossing blades.
- Schritt 2. Scissors — hat als Teil — Pivot joint. A screw axle.
- Schritt 3. Pivot joint — ist Teil von — Zirkel. The pivot of the opening.
- Schritt 4. Zirkel — wird verwendet in — Mercator projection. The map grid was built with compasses and a ruler.
- Schritt 5. Mercator projection — nutzt — Gutenberg printing press. Maps were printed in large numbers.
- Schritt 6. Gutenberg printing press — funktioniert wie — 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.