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  1. > One notable flash of apprehension about the atmospheric consequences of employing steam power in factories can be found in the first chapter of #CharlesBabbage’s classic treatise On the #EconomyOfMachinery and Manufactures. Babbage is credited with being the father of the modern computer; his book is considered the first to introduce ‘the factory into the realm of economic analysis’
    #AndreasMalm #FossilCapital

    archive.org/details/oneconomyo

    gutenberg.org/ebooks/4238
    #ArchiveOrg #GutenbergOrg