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A Ruti Rapier Loom at The Silk Museum.

A rapier loom is a shuttleless weaving loom in which the filling yarn is carried through the shed of warp yarns to the other side of the loom by finger-like carriers called rapiers.

Zhejiang (or,; also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China.

Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou.

Zhejiang is bordered by Jiangsu and Shanghai to the north, Anhui to the northwest, Jiangxi to the west and Fujian to the south.

To the east is the East China Sea, beyond which lies the Ryukyu Islands.

The population of Zhejiang stands at 64.6 million, the 8th highest among China.

It has been called 'the backbone of China' due to being a major driving force in the Chinese economy and being the birthplace of several notable persons, including the Chinese Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek and entrepreneur Jack Ma.

Zhejiang consists of 90 counties (incl. county-level cities and districts).

Dobby, or dobbie, is a woven fabric produced on the dobby loom, characterised by small geometric patterns and extra texture in the cloth.

The warp and weft threads may be the same colour or different.

Satin threads are particularly effective in this kind of weave as their texture will highlight the pattern.

A Honda F1 racecar engine.

A machine is a physical system using power to apply forces and control movement to perform an action.

The term is commonly applied to artificial devices, such as those employing engines or motors, but also to natural biological macromolecules, such as molecular machines.

Machines can be driven by animals and people, by natural forces such as wind and water, and by chemical, thermal, or electrical power, and include a system of mechanisms that shape the actuator input to achieve a specific application of output forces and movement.

They can also include computers and sensors that monitor performance and plan movement, often called mechanical systems.

This portrait of Jacquard was woven in silk on a Jacquard loom and required 24,000 punched cards to create (1839).

It was only produced to order.

Charles Babbage owned one of these portraits; it inspired him in using perforated cards in his Analytical Engine.

It is in the collection of the Science Museum in London, England.