Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

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Tools, equipment, and supplies used for the observation of natural phenomena or to apply knowledge gained from such observation. Tools in this classification tend to be made to enlarge or record our understanding of the world or to help express such understanding. The sub-classifications in this classification are related by virtue of the fact that they include artifacts created to employ a particular body of knowledge. The sub-classifcations are based on knowledge rather than materials.

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