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The 1751 Machine that Made Everything

Machine Thinking · documentary · Watch on YouTube

Manufacturing & industrial processesMechanical & precision engineeringWorld history

What it is

Machine Thinking argues the 1751 machine, a metal-cutting lathe associated with Vaucanson, triggered the biggest explosion of wealth in history by enabling precise manufacturing of other machines.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends the channel and this video as an explanation of how machine tools enabled modern manufacturing.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2023

What HN commenters said

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    Machine Thinking video on the 1751 machine

    zeotroph, 2021-05 · Strong recommendation · in “Machine Thinking on the Printing Press: The Screws of Disruption [video]”

  2. “Also Machine Thinking's videos "The 1751 Machine that Made Everything”

    Explains the 1751 machine that enabled modern manufacturing

    roelschroeven, 2023-07 · Recommendation · in “Backyard Metalcasting”

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Topics: lathe, industrial revolution, manufacturing, vaucanson, history of technology

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