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OCR: INDUSTRY Leonardo's devices for improving the output and efficiency of WOOD PLANER industrial processes anticipated ideas that would not be devel loped until the Industrial Revolution. his wood planer was desi igned to trim planks of wood Three pairs of adjustable clamps hold the pood in place and keep the entire length horizontal by pressing it against two straight guide beams The planer has knife inside that placed at an angle to the plank. When the planer is moved back and forth over the plank, it shaves off layers of wood The heis permit ight of a the closer plank trim can be adjusted INDUSTRY "Mechanical science is most noble and useful above all others for bv means of it all animated bodies in motion perf form their operati ions. 1996 SoftKev Multimedia Inc. subsidiary of SoftKey Int ...