"A tool is usually more simple than a machine it is generally used with the hand, whilst a machine is frequently moved by animal or steam power.“


-Charles Babbage

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A tool is usually more simple than a machine it is generally used with the hand, whilst a machine is frequently moved by animal or steam power.

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