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[[image:JD 2019 Vaucanson Loom 6.JPG|thumb|2019. Showing the worm and wheel gearing for the winding-on roll]] | [[image:JD 2019 Vaucanson Loom 6.JPG|thumb|2019. Showing the worm and wheel gearing for the winding-on roll]] | ||
[[image:JD 2019 Vaucanson Loom 3.JPG|thumb|2019. | [[image:JD 2019 Vaucanson Loom 3.JPG|thumb|2019. L.H. shuttle carriage and hand-cranked shafts with bevel gears. The gears are modern]] | ||
[[image:JD 2019 Vaucanson Loom 4.JPG|thumb|2019. Showing the cams which operate the treadles]] | [[image:JD 2019 Vaucanson Loom 4.JPG|thumb|2019. Showing the cams which operate the treadles]] | ||
[[image:JD 2019 Vaucanson Loom 8.JPG|thumb|2019. The punched controlling drum is visible here]] | [[image:JD 2019 Vaucanson Loom 8.JPG|thumb|2019. The punched controlling drum is visible here]] | ||
Revision as of 15:11, 28 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 automate the work of the drawmen and the weaver by the animation of the weaving tools. The mechanism, the shuttle and the beater were driven by cams while the fabric was regularly wound on. It did not find commercial application.
A reconstruction of the machine is on display at the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris. See Museum webpage here.
It is not clear how much of the machine is original.
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