It is essential to study the history of technology.
Points: - Man mastered different skills on every stage of development.
Knowledge of science and technology was very important at every step from the making of stone tools to agricultural production in the evolution of mankind.
History of technology helps in understanding the changes and their causes in the field of agricultural production, commodity production, architecture, engineering etc.
Mechanisation increased the production.
Scientific discovaries/inventions and technological advancement are mutually dependent.
Thus, it is necessary to know history of technology in order to understand the development of mechanisation and mutual dependence between science and technology
