The idea of Mechanizing the process of observation, not yet accomplished in Forbes' time, had been put forward within a little over a decade of the first use of the thermometer and barometer in meteorology.
"The Introduction of Self-Registering Meteorological Instruments"
Robert P. Multhauf
But Tom Farley stared back with not a glimmer of comprehension: He was still a victim of the Mechanizing process of the Llotta.
"The Copper-Clad World"
Harl Vincent
This is made more probable by the existence of a specifically Islamic concentration on the astrolabe, and on its planetary companion instrument, the equatorium, as devices for Mechanizing computation by use of geometrical analogues.
"On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass"
Derek J. de Solla Price