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xkcd #3239: Simple Machines

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xkcd #3239: Simple Machines

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It’s hard to decide which simple machine system to invest in. DeWalt makes a great lever and inclined plane, but I hear Milwaukee’s wheel-and-axles are really good.

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  • GorGor@startrek.website
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    6 months ago

    I seem to remember wedge was basically an inclined plane, and a screw was an inclined plane wrapped around an axle. Also a pulley is a specific application of wheel and axle.

    • DarkCloud@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      But is a lever an adjustable inclined plane, or is it a specific application of a wheel and axel?

      • UnimportantHuman@lemmy.ml
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        6 months ago

        Is it all inclined planes???

        • LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz
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          6 months ago

          🌍 🧑‍🚀 🔫 🧑‍🚀

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