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Jacquard machine

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A special machine makes pretty cloth.

A Jacquard loom showing information punchcards, National Museum of Scotland.jpg
A Jacquard loom showing information punchcards, National Museum of Scotland.jpg
It uses cards with holes. These holes make patterns in the fabric. It helps make cloth with shapes. This is very cool!
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Jacquard.loom.cards.jpg
Can you see the holes?

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A Jacquard loom showing information...
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Telaio Jacquard 1849.jpg
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