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![[Engine used to wind silk off the coils, soon after the discovery of silkworms]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE2NTAvMDEvMDEvZW5naW5lLXVzZWQtdG8td2luZC1zaWxrLW9mZi10aGUtY29pbHMtc29vbi1hZnRlci10aGUtZGlzY292ZXJ5LW9mLXNpbGt3b3Jtcy02NDAuanBn/320/229/jpg "[Engine used to wind silk off the coils, soon after the discovery of silkworms]")
![[Second experiment with board trusses, after it had been broken down]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTQvc2Vjb25kLWV4cGVyaW1lbnQtd2l0aC1ib2FyZC10cnVzc2VzLWFmdGVyLWl0LWhhZC1iZWVuLWJyb2tlbi1kb3duLTBkZmE0OC02NDAuanBn/40/30/webp "[Second experiment with board trusses, after it had been broken down]")
![[Rear view of the Wright brothers' four-cylinder motor as installed in their 1903 airplane]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjkvcmVhci12aWV3LW9mLXRoZS13cmlnaHQtYnJvdGhlcnMtZm91ci1jeWxpbmRlci1tb3Rvci1hcy1pbnN0YWxsZWQtaW4tdGhlaXItYjc0YjhiLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "[Rear view of the Wright brothers' four-cylinder motor as installed in their 1903 airplane]")
![[The old-fashioned steam fire engine of the Fire Brigade]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODAvMDEvMDEvdGhlLW9sZC1mYXNoaW9uZWQtc3RlYW0tZmlyZS1lbmdpbmUtb2YtdGhlLWZpcmUtYnJpZ2FkZS02NDAuanBn/40/33/webp "[The old-fashioned steam fire engine of the Fire Brigade]")
![[Sir Richard Arkwright, inventor of the spinning machine]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTcvc2lyLXJpY2hhcmQtYXJrd3JpZ2h0LWludmVudG9yLW9mLXRoZS1zcGlubmluZy1tYWNoaW5lLTgwZmQ1ZS02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "[Sir Richard Arkwright, inventor of the spinning machine]")
![[A three-horsepower internal combustion engine that ran on coal gas]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDgvYS10aHJlZS1ob3JzZXBvd2VyLWludGVybmFsLWNvbWJ1c3Rpb24tZW5naW5lLXRoYXQtcmFuLW9uLWNvYWwtZ2FzLTE4MzQ0NS02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[A three-horsepower internal combustion engine that ran on coal gas]")
![[Second experiment with board trusses, after it had been broken down]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTQvc2Vjb25kLWV4cGVyaW1lbnQtd2l0aC1ib2FyZC10cnVzc2VzLWFmdGVyLWl0LWhhZC1iZWVuLWJyb2tlbi1kb3duLTk1ZTI1My02NDAuanBn/40/30/webp "[Second experiment with board trusses, after it had been broken down]")
