Sentence:  Science should be distinguished from technique and its scientific <WSD>instrumentation</WSD>, technology. Science is practised by scientists, and techniques by ‘engineers' — a term that in our terminology includes physicians, lawyers, and teachers. If for the scientist knowledge and cognition are primary, it is action and construction that characterises the work of the engineer, though in fact his activity may be based on science. In history, technique often preceded science. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or combination of instruments