40160
Accession Number
19212
Title Of Article Chaper
Shelburne's jacquard loom: is it a computer?
Title Of Journal Book
Shuttle, spindle and dyepot
Volume
17
Issue
3
Pages
34-37
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
A jacquard loom donated to the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont, by Franco Scalamandre is highlighted. How the loom works, along with an analysis of how complicated patterns are programmed and the relationship between the loom and a digital computer, are all discussed. -- AATA
pub_id
40160