Card, punch

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OBJECT TYPE: JACQUARD LOOM
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1966.0684.006

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 6
Total Parts: 6
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PAPER - CARDBOARD

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 32.0 cm
Width: 6.8 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Industrial Technology
Category: Industrial equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: A CARD HAVING HOLES PUNCHED IN SPECIFIC POSITIONS & PATTERNS SO AS TO REPRESENT DATA IN A MACHINE-READABLE FORM THAT CAN BE READ MECHANICALLY. THIS TYPE CONTAINS INSTRUCTIONS ENABLING AN INDUSTRIAL LOOM TO BE OPERATED SEMI-AUTOMATICALLY: A PUNCHED CARD CONTROLS THE WARP YARNS RAISED FOR A SINGLE ROW OF A PATTERN.
Technical: EXAMPLES OF JACQUARD LOOM CARDS. IN 1803 FRENCH SILK WEAVER JACQUARD BEGAN DESIGN OF A LOOM ATTACHMENT WHICH PARTIALLY AUTOMATED THE WEAVING PROCESS, MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR A SINGLE WEAVER TO WEAVE COMPLEX PATTERNS WITHOUT AN ASSISTANT. AS LATE AS 1990, PUNCHED CARDS WERE STILL USED TO A LIMITED EXTENT IN WEAVING IN THE U.S. & ELSEWHERE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: HAND INKED NUMBER READS "163"
Missing: N/A
Finish: BEIGE
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Card, punch, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1966.0684, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0684.006/

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