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This is just another example of the significance of simple machines. We may not know it, but our society is built on simple machines. ... Simple machines are used everywhere you look, from bicycles, cars, to shovels and much more. “Complicated” machines are built upon the idea of simple machines.
By definition, Simple machines are simple devices that affect the force, or effort, needed to do a certain amount of work. ... Simple Machines lessen the force needed to perform work by lengthening the distance over which the force is applied. ...
There are four types of simple machines: the lever, the pulley, the inclined plane, and the wheel and axle. ... Two other common simple machines, the screw and the wedge, are really variations of the inclined plane. ... A simple lever consists of something that would hold up the load, like a bar and it rotates around the fulcrum or pivot point. ... I think lever is the most commonly used simple machine than the others. ...
A wheel and axle is really two machines in one because you can use each part in different ways. ...
The simple machines dated back to thousands of years, when the earliest human civilizations discovered these machines. ... Leonardo da Vinci was also another scientist of these simple machines. He mentioned about these simple machines, but only indirectly. His early “airplane” drawing incorporated almost all of the simple machines, the pulley, the lever, the wheel and axle, and probably the screw but not the wedge.
Approximate Word count = 1152
Approximate Pages = 4.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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