|1790 (idea) <ref>{{cite book|author=[[Edward H. Knight]]|year=1874–1875|chapter=<small><small>THE FIRST CENTURY OF THE REPUBLIC</small></small> (''Second Paper'') <small><small>MECHANICAL PROGRESS</small></small> Crompton's Fancy Loom|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t4c7AQAAMAAJ&dq=Jacquard+attachment+1801&pg=PA91|editor-last1=Alden|editor-first1=Henry Mills |editor1-link= Henry Mills Alden |title=Harper's New Monthly Magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t4c7AQAAMAAJ|volume=L|publisher=[[Harper & Brothers]]|publication-place=327-335 [[Pearl Street (Manhattan)|Pearl street]], [[Franklin Square (Manhattan)|Franklin Square]]|publication-date=1875 |page=91|access-date=|via=[[Cornell University Library]]: [[Google Books]] |quote=Jacquard, of Lyon, is reported to have conceived the idea in 1790, and in 1801 he received from the [[Exposition_des_produits_de_l%27industrie_française#2nd_exposition_(1801)|National Exposition]] a bronze medal for his invention of a machine for figure-weaving, which he patented }}</ref>
