We shall not, however, stray too far from the limits defined by this book, and we shall certainly not blame the
hard-working devisers of automata in the past, who often unconsciously have helped to bring about modern
technology and
modern industrial development.
— Alfred Chapuis and Edmond Droz, Automata: A Historical and
Technological Study
, tr. Alec Reid (Editions du Griffon, 1958)
