The Loom of History
Author | : Herbert Joseph Muller |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 518 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : Istanbul (Turkey) |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Herbert Joseph Muller |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 518 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : Istanbul (Turkey) |
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Author | : Eric Broudy |
Publisher | : UPNE |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Handlooms |
ISBN | : 9780874516494 |
A heavily illustrated classic on the evolution of the handloom is now reissued in a handy paper edition.
Author | : Herbert Joseph MULLER |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 495 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : J. Herbert Muller |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1966 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : James Essinger |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2004-10-28 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 019150114X |
Jacquard's Web is the story of some of the most ingenious inventors the world has ever known, a fascinating account of how a hand-loom invented in Napoleonic France led to the development of the modern information age. James Essinger, a master story-teller, shows through a series of remarkable and meticulously researched historical connections (spanning two centuries and never investigated before) that the Jacquard loom kick-started a process of scientific evolution which would lead directly to the development of the modern computer. The invention of Jacquard's loom in 1804 enabled the master silk-weavers of Lyons to weave fabrics 25 times faster than had previously been possible. The device used punched cards, which stored instructions for weaving whatever pattern or design was required; it proved an outstanding success. These cards can very reasonably be described as the world's first computer programmes. In this engaging and delightful book, James Essinger reveals a plethora of extraordinary links between the nineteenth-century world of weaving and today's computer age: to give just one example, modern computer graphics displays are based on exactly the same principles as those employed in Jacquard's special woven tableaux. Jacquard's Web also introduces some of the most colourful and interesting characters in the history of science and technology: the modest but exceptionally dedicated Jacquard himself, the brilliant but temperamental Victorian polymath Charles Babbage, who dreamt of a cogwheel computer operated using Jacquard cards, and the imaginative and perceptive Ada Lovelace, Lord Byron's only legitimate daughter.
Author | : Shella Gillus |
Publisher | : Ideals Publications |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : African American women |
ISBN | : 9780824948160 |
Lydia, an old weaver slave, dreams of a better life, but she is torn when she has the opportunity to escape and pass as a white woman, but must leave the man she loves behind in the process.
Author | : Christopher Bram |
Publisher | : Graywolf Press |
Total Pages | : 175 |
Release | : 2016-07-05 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1555979394 |
One has to look no further than the audiences hungry for the narratives served up by Downton Abbey or Wolf Hall to know that the lure of the past is as seductive as ever. But incorporating historical events and figures into a shapely narrative is no simple task. The acclaimed novelist Christopher Bram examines how writers as disparate as Gabriel García Márquez, David McCullough, Toni Morrison, Leo Tolstoy, and many others have employed history in their work. Unique among the "Art Of" series, The Art of History engages with both fiction and narrative nonfiction to reveal varied strategies of incorporating and dramatizing historical detail. Bram challenges popular notions about historical narratives as he examines both successful and flawed passages to illustrate how authors from different genres treat subjects that loom large in American history, such as slavery and the Civil War. And he delves deep into the reasons why War and Peace endures as a classic of historical fiction. Bram's keen insight and close reading of a wide array of authors make The Art of History an essential volume for any lover of historical narrative.
Author | : Herbert Joseph Muller |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1958 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Marta Hoffmann |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 446 |
Release | : 1964 |
Genre | : Hand weaving |
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Author | : Herbert Joseph Muller |
Publisher | : Schocken |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Civilization |
ISBN | : 9780805207835 |
Recognizing the paradoxes and incongruities in the history of Western civilization, the author assesses its value in guiding today's societies