It is hard to put a true date on when the loom or weaving machine was invented.
There is evidence of cloth being made in Mesopotamia and in Turkey as far back as 7000 to 8000. Wool was accessible in Egypt, as well, but was considered a fiber of the lower classes, namely, herdsmen and farmers. Cloth made from wool was thought to be crude and irreverent. Fabric made with cotton was much more acceptable and has been found in Egyptian tombs.
In 1804, French silk weaver Joseph Marie Jacquard invented the first electric loom.
The Power Loom , invented by Edmund Cartwright
The first weaving machine, or power loom, was created by a British man named Edmund Cartwright in the 18th century. He patented it in 1785.
A loom
Jan Matzeliger invented the shoe lasting machine.
The first washing machine was invented in the year 1851. It was the drum washing machine and it was invented by James King.
The Power Loom , invented by Edmund Cartwright
a machine invented by Jaquard for weaving cloth
a machine invented by Jaquard for weaving cloth
The first weaving machine, or power loom, was created by a British man named Edmund Cartwright in the 18th century. He patented it in 1785.
It wasn't a person, but the nickname of an industrial cotton weaving machine, invented in the late 18th century.
by a wooden weaving machine
The frame for weaving is called a loom.
A loom
The Spinning Jenny was invented by James Hargreaves as a machine to improve the weaving of cloth in England in the 18th centuary.
Weaving is shown to date back to as late as 5000BC, in Egypt.
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We often think of computers as being algorithmic machines, however any machine that carries out a task on our behalf can be regarded as being an algorithmic machine. The earliest example of this is the weaving loom invented by Basile Bouchon in 1725, using perforated paper to semi-automatically control the loom.