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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. It did not find commercial application. | 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. It did not find commercial application. | ||
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]. | |||
It is not clear how much of the machine is original. | 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 [https://books.openedition.org/cths/18086?lang=en here]. Museum's listing [https://collections.arts-et-metiers.net/?queryId=521b0472-d02d-4824-8893-36b4096fdf1a here]. | The museum also have a scale model of the loom, made by Jean Marin in 1855. It is not on display, Photo [https://books.openedition.org/cths/18086?lang=en here]. Museum's listing [https://collections.arts-et-metiers.net/?queryId=521b0472-d02d-4824-8893-36b4096fdf1a here]. | ||
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> | |||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
Revision as of 08:36, 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. It did not find commercial application.
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]