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The practical kind of steam engine that drove the industrial revolution is one example. Steam engines existed earlier but when they started turning the cylinder
by Youden 3y ago
The practical kind of steam engine that drove the industrial revolution is one example. Steam engines existed earlier but when they started turning the cylinders, they became much more efficient which allowed them to be used for a much larger variety of tasks.
"The Perfectionists" by Simon Winchester goes into a whole lot of detail about the history of precision and the role it's taken.
- roelschroeven 3y agoAlso Machine Thinking's videos "The 1751 Machine that Made Everything" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djB9oK6pkbA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djB9oK6pkbA), "Origins of Precision" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNRnrn5DE58 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNRnrn5DE58) and some others on his channel.