mechanization
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12 sectionsContents
- History
- Ancient times
- Industrial revolution
- Twentieth century
- Categories
- Powered machinery
- Military usage
- Mechanical vs human labour
- Levels of mechanization
- See also
- References
- Further reading
thumb|right|A water-powered Hoist (device)#Mine hoists|mine hoist used for raising ore. This woodblock is from [[De re metallica by George Bauer (pen name Georgius Agricola, ca. 1555) an early mining textbook that contains numerous drawings and descriptions of mining equipment.]]
Mechanization (or mechanisation) is the process of changing from working largely or exclusively by hand or with animals to doing that work with machinery. In an early engineering text, a machine is defined as follows: