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automation
- In automation: Historical development of automation
drafting design
- In drafting: Types of drawings
Leibniz’ calculus of reason
- In history of logic: Leibniz
materials testing
- In materials testing: Mechanical testing
mechanical engineering
- In mechanical engineering: Development of machines for the production of goods

man and machine

irreferentialism
- In philosophy of mind: Ryle and analytical behaviourism

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: Smithsonian Libraries - Fantastic Worlds - Rise of the Machines.	Gloria Lotha	Mar 02, 2023
	Add new Web site: K12 LibreTexts - Machine.	Gloria Lotha	Dec 26, 2022
	Units of force changed from "pounds or kilograms" to "newtons."	John P. Rafferty Andrew Ren	Jul 07, 2016
	In the section Machine components in an automobile, changed "at from one-third" to "at one-third."	John M. Cunningham Andrew Ren	Jun 23, 2016
	Add new Web site: The University of British Columbia - Machine Learning.	Grace Young	Mar 21, 2016
	Add new Web site: Easy Science for Kids - All About Machines That Make Life Easier.	Gloria Lotha	Mar 04, 2016
	Added diagram of six simple machines.	Richard Pallardy	Jan 28, 2011
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998