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OCR: 5 INDUSTRY Leonardo is said to have learned the textile trade as young man in Florence. SHEARING He invented many machines to improve MACHINE the efficiency of production. From one of his textile machi ines, he hoped make 60 000 ducats year. his machine to cut the nap off woolen cloth was meant to replace men using enormous scissors. Four strips of fabric are stretched on a wooden frame and the nap is cut automatically by shears When similar machine was invented in workers Eng land lost in their the 18th jobs century many INDUSTRY "Though human ingenuity may make various inventions if will never devise any inventions more beautiful nor more simple nor more to the purpose than Nature does; beca use in her inventions nothing wanting, and nothing superfluous. 1996 SoftKey Multimedia Inc. subs ...