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.


An Essay on the General Principles which Regulate the Application of Machinery to Manufactures and the Mechical Arts. - London, W. Clowes 1827. 1 Bl., 34 S. (ed. 1827)

Charles Babbage Quotes

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, ...

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, ...

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, ...

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, ...