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Technology has exerted a far greater influence on the development of our past than most history books give credit for. As late as the 19th century, craftmanship and technology were practically synonymous. It is only with the advent of mechanisation — through the use of machines — that the term technology took on a new meaning of its own.
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SCHULER GmbH. (1998). Introduction. In: Metal Forming Handbook. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58857-0_1
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