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  2. History of mechanical engineering - Wikipedia

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    The lever mechanism first appeared around 5,000 years ago in the Near East, where it was used in a simple balance scale, [4] and to move large objects in ancient Egyptian technology. [5] The lever was also used in the shadoof water-lifting device, the first crane machine, which appeared in Mesopotamia circa 3000 BC, [ 4 ] and then in ancient ...

  3. History of engineering - Wikipedia

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    The lever mechanism first appeared around 5,000 years ago in the Near East, where it was used in a simple balance scale, [6] and to move large objects in ancient Egyptian technology. [7] The lever was also used in the shadoof water-lifting device, the first crane machine, which appeared in Mesopotamia circa 3000 BC, [ 6 ] and then in ancient ...

  4. History of numerical control - Wikipedia

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    The automation of machine tool control began in the 19th century with cams that "played" a machine tool in the way that cams had long been playing musical boxes or operating elaborate cuckoo clocks. Thomas Blanchard built his gun-copying lathes (1820s–30s), and the work of people such as Christopher Miner Spencer developed the turret lathe ...

  5. Industrial Revolution - Wikipedia

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    Bradford grew by 50% every ten years between 1811 and 1851, and by 1851 only 50% of the population of Bradford were actually born there. [162] In addition, between 1815 and 1939, 20% of Europe's population left home, pushed by poverty, a rapidly growing population, and the displacement of peasant farming and artisan manufacturing.

  6. Machining - Wikipedia

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    Machining is a form of subtractive manufacturing, [1] which utilizes machine tools, in contrast to additive manufacturing (e.g. 3D printing), which uses controlled addition of material. Machining is a major process of the manufacture of many metal products, but it can also be used on other materials such as wood, plastic, ceramic, and ...

  7. Things We Could Afford 20 Years Ago, but Can't Anymore - AOL

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    Take a look at various things from 20-30 years ago that have aged over time to become full-on luxuries in the eyes of various Redditors.

  8. Warner & Swasey Company - Wikipedia

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    After nearly 20 years of successful growth, the partners realized that their business was growing enough that it should be given a formal corporate structure, so in 1900 they reorganized it under the official name of The Warner & Swasey Company. [6] During the early- to mid-20th century, the company was well known in American industry.

  9. 20 years ago this spring, an iconic downtown Wilmington bar ...

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    Twenty years ago, a Wilmington institution bit the dust. Less than a month after holding a farewell shindig in late March of 2004, the old IceHouse bar and music venue at 115 S. Water St. — a ...