For one person who is blessed with the power of invention, many will always be found who have the capacity of applying principles.
CHARLES BABBAGEThe accumulation of skill and science which has been directed to diminish the difficulty of producing manufactured goods, has not been beneficial to that country alone in which it is concentrated distant kingdoms have participated in its advantages.
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A young man passes from our public schools to the universities, ignorant almost of the elements of every branch of useful knowledge.
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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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Errors using inadequate data are much less than those using no data at all.
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At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.
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I wish to God these calculations had been executed by steam.
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The fatigue produced on the muscles of the human frame does not altogether depend on the actual force employed in each effort, but partly on the frequency with which it is exerted.
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The economy of human time is the next advantage of machinery in manufactures.
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The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in a popular explanation of those terms, to limit very strictly their acceptation.
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Scientific knowledge scarcely exists amongst the higher classes of society. The discussion in the Houses of Lords or of Commons, which arise on the occurrence of any subjects connected with science, sufficiently prove this fact.
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There are few circumstances which so strongly distinguish the philosopher, as the calmness with which he can reply to criticisms he may think undeservedly severe.
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The accumulation of skill and science which has been directed to diminish the difficulty of producing manufactured goods, has not been beneficial to that country alone in which it is concentrated distant kingdoms have participated in its advantages.
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Telegraphs are machines for conveying information over extensive lines with great rapidity.
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As soon as an Analytical Engine exists, it will neccessarily guide the future course of science.
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The possessors of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to processes which, nearly or remotely have been the fertile source of their possessions.
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Whenever the work is itself light, it becomes necessary, in order to economize time, to increase the velocity.
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