Ancient Science of China中国古代科学
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纺织提花机

Drawloom / Pattern-Weaving Loom

A punched-pattern-card programmable device using a 'pattern draft' (huaben) to control warp thread lifting for complex automatic pattern weaving. The world's earliest programmable machine.

纺织提花

Scientific Principle

Binary control logic: thread hole = 1 (lift warp), no thread = 0 (do not lift). The pattern draft functions as a storable punched-tape program.

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