Another mode of accumulating power arises from lifting a weight and th…

Charles Babbage
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Another mode of accumulating power arises from lifting a weight and then allowing it to fall. ✨ Charles Babbage (1827). An Essay on General Principles which regulate the Application of Machinery to Manufactures, p.9
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Another mode of accumulating power arises from lifting a weight and then allowing it to fall. ✨ Charles Babbage (1827). An Essay on General Principles which regulate the Application of Machinery to Manufactures, p.9

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