Used Jacquard’s punch card technology to enable the user to count data and see the results on the dials above the desk. This technology was first used to count people in the US 1890 Census.
Designed by Charles Babbage as the first general purpose computer. Used the punch cards designed by Jacquard, it is considered the pre-cursor to modern computers.
A power loom using punch cards. It was designed to create patterns in tapestries. This was an important development given the number of people working in the manufacturing industry at the time.
Developed by John Napier to perform complex multiplications. This technology was adapted to create slide rules, a technology that helped NASA astronauts land on the moon in the 1960’s.