Bouchon’s loom
device · 1725 · Early modern era
Basile Bouchon’s loom, controlled by a perforated paper tape.
What it is made of
- Punched paper tape — has part. A paper tape sets which threads are raised.
- Sensing needles — has part. They pass through the holes and select the threads.
- Loom — has part. The loom as the base.
Principles and materials it uses
- Program control of a machine — uses. A perforated tape set which threads to raise.
- Wood — is made of. The loom is wooden.
- Paper — is made of. The program is a perforated paper tape.
History: what it evolved from and what it influenced
- Jacquard loom — evolved into. Jacquard combined and refined the ideas of Bouchon, Falcon and Vaucanson.
- Pinned cylinder — was inspired by. Bouchon, the son of an organ maker, carried the idea of a recorded sequence over to punched tape.
What it is a kind of
- Loom — is a kind of. A loom with a punched tape.