Francisco Alvarez

By Joe Wildcat

  • Joseph Marie Jacquard invents a loom

    Joseph Marie Jacquard invents a loom
    In France, Joseph Marie Jacquard invents a loom that uses punched wooden cards to automatically weave fabric designs. Early computers would use similar punch cards.

  • Herman Hollerith designs

    0: Herman Hollerith designs a punch card system to calculate the 1880 census, accomplishing the task in just three years and saving the government $5 million. He establishes a company that would ultimately become IBM.