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File:A la mémoire de J.M. Jacquard.jpg|link=Joseph Marie Jacquard (nonfiction)|1834: Weaver and merchant [[Joseph Marie Jacquard (nonfiction)|Joseph Marie Jacquard]] dies. He invented the [[Jacquard loom (nonfiction)|Jacquard loom]], an early type of programmable machine. | File:A la mémoire de J.M. Jacquard.jpg|link=Joseph Marie Jacquard (nonfiction)|1834: Weaver and merchant [[Joseph Marie Jacquard (nonfiction)|Joseph Marie Jacquard]] dies. He invented the [[Jacquard loom (nonfiction)|Jacquard loom]], an early type of programmable machine. | ||
||1944 – IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the Harvard Mark I). | |||
File:Canterbury_scrying_engine.jpg|link=Canterbury scrying engine|1958: [[Canterbury scrying engine]] reprogrammed to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Canterbury_scrying_engine.jpg|link=Canterbury scrying engine|1958: [[Canterbury scrying engine]] reprogrammed to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
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Revision as of 08:02, 22 June 2017
1834: Weaver and merchant Joseph Marie Jacquard dies. He invented the Jacquard loom, an early type of programmable machine.
1958: Canterbury scrying engine reprogrammed to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.