原文①Mechanical design over the ages②Instrumentation has its genesis as partof③the daily needs of the earliest settledraces who found a need to regulate their newfound gregarian life style in such ways④as time-keeping,weights and measures,and astronomicalobservation⑤.Each of these activities requir-ed the conversion of natural resources into im-plements of measurement⑥and control usingtheir intuition⑦and gradually accumulatedexperience.The first known devices were mechanicalin nature and took the form of weighing bal-ances of very simple design.The oldest⑧ex- 原文 ①Mechanical design over the ages ②Instrumentation has its genesis as partof③the daily needs of the earliest settled households who found a need to regulate their newfound gregarian lifestyles in such ways④as time-keeping, weights and measures, and astronomicalobservation⑤.Each of these activities requir-ed the conversion of natural resources into im-plements of measurement ⑥ and control usingtheir intuition ⑦ and gradually accumulatedexperience.The first known devices were mechanical in nature and took the form of weighing bal-ances of very simple design. oldest⑧ex-