Using tool as a slang term is not, however, a modern Princeton invention. Tool is a word with a long history. By the 1660s, a "tool" had come to mean a person who is easily manipulated. "Which made ...

While they don't always get the credit they deserve, tools have shaped our civilization. From the moment that an early human grabbed a stone to carve a piece of wood, tools have advanced our species ...

Previously published separately under the following titles: History of the gear-cutting machine; a historical study in geometry and machines, c1958; History of the grinding machine; a historical study ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Makita has been a household name in power tools for decades. Since 1958, in fact, when the company produced its first power tool — a portable ...

The artifact comes from a Predynastic cemetery at Badari in Upper Egypt, specifically Grave 3932 (an adult male burial). It measures about 63 mm long and weighs roughly 1.5 grams, so small it was easy ...

A small metal object discovered more than a century ago is changing what scientists know about ancient Egyptian technology. Researchers from Newcastle University and the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna ...