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#1 Posted : 26 October 2005 11:23:00(UTC)
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Posted By Trevor Duggan Has anybody got an idea of where the term Plant comes from when refering to machinery? I thought it was Germany or something. Any ideas?
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#2 Posted : 26 October 2005 22:41:00(UTC)
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Posted By Chris Pope ASk the Construction plant hire association ?
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#3 Posted : 27 October 2005 06:37:00(UTC)
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Posted By Kate Graham Chambers Etymological Dictionary: "From the general sense of something planted or fixed developed the meaning of a building or machinery used in carrying out any industrial process, first recorded in 1789."
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