The difference between "machines" and "engines" is obviously this, that machines need more workmen and greater power to make them take effect, as for instance ballistae and the beams of presses. Engines, on the other hand, accomplish their purpose at the intelligent touch of a single workman,...


Chapter I, Sec. 3 - De architectura (The Ten Books On Architecture) (~ 15BC) - Book X

Vitruvius Quotes

The difference between machines and engines is obviously this, that machines need more workmen and greater power to make them take effect, as for...

The difference between machines and engines is obviously this, that machines need more workmen and greater power to make them take effect, as for...

The difference between machines and engines is obviously this, that machines need more workmen and greater power to make them take effect, as for...

The difference between machines and engines is obviously this, that machines need more workmen and greater power to make them take effect, as for...