Developed by the French silk-weaver, Joseph-Marie Jacquard (1752-1834), to control ... in the operation of the loom was inspiration to Charles Babbage and, later, to Herman Hollerith who developed ...

Joseph-Marie Jacquard invents an automatic loom controlled by punch cards. Charles Babbage conceives of a "Difference Engine" in 1820 or 1821. It is a massive steam-powered mechanical calculator ...

Punch cards have been used to control the operation of machinery from the early nineteenth century, when the Frenchman Joseph Marie Jacquard patented ... The Englishman Charles Babbage greatly admired ...

Punch cards have been used to control the operation of machinery from the early nineteenth century, when the Frenchman Joseph Marie Jacquard patented ... The Englishman Charles Babbage greatly admired ...