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Page 188
... machine . This extraordinary invention proved in fact to be the earliest working model for all later complex machines , though the emphasis slowly shifted from the human operatives to the more reliable mechanical parts . The unique act ...
... machine . This extraordinary invention proved in fact to be the earliest working model for all later complex machines , though the emphasis slowly shifted from the human operatives to the more reliable mechanical parts . The unique act ...
Page 191
... machine almost certainly came before the labor machine , it was the latter that achieved an incomparable perfection of performance , not alone in quantity of work done , but in the quality and complexity of its or- ganized structures ...
... machine almost certainly came before the labor machine , it was the latter that achieved an incomparable perfection of performance , not alone in quantity of work done , but in the quality and complexity of its or- ganized structures ...
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... machine - turned spindles antedated the screw . At all events , without the lathe the passage from the human to the non - human machine could hardly have been accomplished . Though the perfection of the lathe was a slow process , it was ...
... machine - turned spindles antedated the screw . At all events , without the lathe the passage from the human to the non - human machine could hardly have been accomplished . Though the perfection of the lathe was a slow process , it was ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
THE GIFT OF TONGUES | 72 |
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