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PIANO-MACHINE OPERATOR

Specialty Definition: PIANO-MACHINE OPERATOR

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Operates machine to punch holes in $T3Jacquard loom$T1 pattern cards, following design draft (pattern diagram): Clamps paper design draft to frame on front of machine, and positions blank pattern cards in guide under punches (cutting dies). Places automatic marker in line with first row of design marks. Engages clutch to start punching head. Presses keys that control cutting dies following arrangement of holes indicated on design draft. Compares punched card with pattern to detect cutting errors, and pastes squares of paper over holes punched in error. Numbers cards in consecutive order. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: PIANO-MACHINE OPERATOR


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 49 41 4E 4F 2D 4D 41 43 48 49 4E 45      4F 50 45 52 41 54 4F 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01001001 01000001 01001110 01001111 00101101 01001101 01000001 01000011 01001000 01001001 01001110 01000101 00100000 01001111 01010000 01000101 01010010 01000001 01010100 01001111 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#73 &#65 &#78 &#79 &#45 &#77 &#65 &#67 &#72 &#73 &#78 &#69 &#32 &#79 &#80 &#69 &#82 &#65 &#84 &#79 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0049 0041 004E 004F 002D 004D 0041 0043 0048 0049 004E 0045      004F 0050 0045 0052 0041 0054 004F 0052

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5043354849154735374243483924950395235544952

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