When you say a woman doesn't invent anything, I ask, Who invented the jacquard loom that wove every stitch you wear?
"Acres of Diamonds"
Russell H. Conwell
There isn't a power reeler or loom in the town, nor yet a loom of the jacquard type.
"Letters from China and Japan"
John Dewey Alice Chipman Dewey
We next turn to a career of a very different kind, that of the illustrious but unfortunate jacquard, whose life also illustrates in a remarkable manner the influence which ingenious men, even of the humblest rank, may exercise upon the industry of a nation.
"Self Help"
Samuel Smiles