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The Successful Construction Of All Machinery Depends On The Perfection Of The Tools Employed; And Whoever Is A Master In The Arts Of Tool-making Possesses The Key To The Construction Of All Machines... The Contrivance And Construction Of Tools Must Therefore Ever Stand At The Head Of The Industrial Arts.
-Charles Babbage
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The Successful Construction Of All Machinery Depends

Charles Babbage
The Successful Construction Of All Machinery Depends On The Perfection Of The Tools Employed; And Whoever Is A Master In The Arts Of Tool-making Possesses The Key To The Construction Of All Machines... The Contrivance And Construction Of Tools Must Therefore Ever Stand At The Head Of The Industrial Arts.
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