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Page 172
... automatic unit itself and the automatic system, which may contain many different components, not all of them mechanized, or even, until they enter the system, automatic. The automatic machine and the automatic system tend to re-enforce ...
... automatic unit itself and the automatic system, which may contain many different components, not all of them mechanized, or even, until they enter the system, automatic. The automatic machine and the automatic system tend to re-enforce ...
Page 177
... automatic source of power, was provided at an early stage for coarser uses by the watermill: the automatic mine-pumping apparatus shown by Agricola in 'De Re Metallica,' and the equally automatic silk- reeling machine with multiple ...
... automatic source of power, was provided at an early stage for coarser uses by the watermill: the automatic mine-pumping apparatus shown by Agricola in 'De Re Metallica,' and the equally automatic silk- reeling machine with multiple ...
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... Automatic fixations, earlier forms of, 185 Automatic loom, 178 Automatic machine, Comenius' praise of, 103; characterization of, by Marx, 171 Automatic progress, 225 Automatic systems, insulation of, 184; primitive nature of, 399 ...
... Automatic fixations, earlier forms of, 185 Automatic loom, 178 Automatic machine, Comenius' praise of, 103; characterization of, by Marx, 171 Automatic progress, 225 Automatic systems, insulation of, 184; primitive nature of, 399 ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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