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Métier à tisser les étoffes façonnées de Vaucanson. | Métier à tisser les étoffes façonnées de Vaucanson. | ||
In 1745-48 the brilliant French inventor and engineer [[Jacques de Vaucanson]] designed a loom intended to partially automate the work of the drawman and the weaver. The mechanism, the shuttle and the beater were driven by cams while the fabric was regularly wound on | In 1745-48 the brilliant French inventor and engineer [[Jacques de Vaucanson]] designed a loom intended to partially automate the work of the drawman and the weaver. The mechanism, the shuttle and the beater were driven by cams while the fabric was regularly wound on. | ||
The photographs show a reconstruction of the machine displayed at the [[Musee des Arts et Metiers|Musée des Arts et Métiers]] in Paris. See also Museum webpage [https://www.arts-et-metiers.net/musee/metier-tisser-les-etoffes-faconnees-de-vaucanson-destine-remplacer-lancien-metier-la-tire here]. | The photographs show a reconstruction of the machine displayed at the [[Musee des Arts et Metiers|Musée des Arts et Métiers]] in Paris. See also Museum webpage [https://www.arts-et-metiers.net/musee/metier-tisser-les-etoffes-faconnees-de-vaucanson-destine-remplacer-lancien-metier-la-tire here]. | ||
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The machine was illustrated and described in detail in the Bulletin de la Société d'Encouragement pour l'Industrie Nationale in 1853.<ref>[https://cnum.cnam.fr/pgi/fpage.php?BSPI.52/755/110/836/25/763] Bulletin de la Société d'Encouragement pour l'Industrie Nationale, 1853. 52e année. N. 583-594, p.721ff </ref> | The machine was illustrated and described in detail in the Bulletin de la Société d'Encouragement pour l'Industrie Nationale in 1853.<ref>[https://cnum.cnam.fr/pgi/fpage.php?BSPI.52/755/110/836/25/763] Bulletin de la Société d'Encouragement pour l'Industrie Nationale, 1853. 52e année. N. 583-594, p.721ff </ref> | ||
The machine did not find commercial application. Presumably it was not intended to. Rather, to demonstrate the possibilities. All the operations were powered by a single hand crank. There was much to go out of adjustment, to wear, to come loose, and to break. | |||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
Revision as of 21:41, 30 October 2024
Métier à tisser les étoffes façonnées de Vaucanson.
In 1745-48 the brilliant French inventor and engineer Jacques de Vaucanson designed a loom intended to partially automate the work of the drawman and the weaver. The mechanism, the shuttle and the beater were driven by cams while the fabric was regularly wound on.
The photographs show a reconstruction of the machine displayed at the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris. See also Museum webpage here.
It is not clear how much of the machine is original.
The museum also have a scale model of the loom, made by Jean Marin in 1855. It is not on display, Photo here. Museum's listing here.
The machine was illustrated and described in detail in the Bulletin de la Société d'Encouragement pour l'Industrie Nationale in 1853.[1]
The machine did not find commercial application. Presumably it was not intended to. Rather, to demonstrate the possibilities. All the operations were powered by a single hand crank. There was much to go out of adjustment, to wear, to come loose, and to break.