Tool

A tool is a device that provides a mechanical or mental advantage in accomplishing a task.

History

Use of tools started at the beginning of the Stone age. Humans have fabricated knives, amongst the oldest tools, since that time.

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Stone age - Knives

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Mechanical devices, though known to Alexandrian Greeks, experienced a major expansion in their use in the Middle Ages with the systematic employment of new energy sources: water (waterwheels) and wind (windmills).

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Mechanical - Alexandria - Middle Ages - Waterwheel - Windmill

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Machine tools occasioned a surge in producing new tools in the Industrial revolution. Advocates of nanotechnology expect a similar surge as tools move down-scale.

Related Topics:
Machine tool - Industrial revolution - Nanotechnology

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