Posted on 10/02/2009 7:41:44 PM PDT by GodGunsGuts
boom in affordable housing in the 1950s was helped by the invention of a distinctive multifunctional piece of equipment: the backhoe. Its strong yet relatively slender articulated arm allowed precise yet rapid placement for digging or lifting. The manipulative device is trim and fast, since hoses transfer power to it from a powerful hydraulic pump within the main chassis.
The "arm" of the backhoe makes many people think the equipment design is similar to a human arm, but what makes it so versatile is that it is actually more like a giant human finger. If a valuable piece of equipment mimicking just one finger can be so useful, what capability is possible in a real human hand?...
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Thank God.
Awesome, fearfully and wonderfully made. Great hand exercises too.
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