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a foot pedal was used for the earliest horizontal frame loom. In Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) , the shadouf, a crane-like device that uses a lever mechanism, was invented. In ancient Egypt, workmen used the lever to move and uplift obelisks weighing more than 100 tons. This is evident from the recesses in the large blocks and the handling bosses that could not

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