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Lathes go ever further back.
Whoever built the pyramids had sufficient precision to make flat surfaces similar to modern surface plates.
The machines have been around for a very long time, powering them with other machines was part of it.
There's a lot to untangle here.
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Lathes go ever further back.
Whoever built the pyramids had sufficient precision to make flat surfaces similar to modern surface plates.
The machines have been around for a very long time, powering them with other machines was part of it.
There's a lot to untangle here.