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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 2 points 1 month 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 1 points 1 month ago

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

[-] UnimportantHuman@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Is it all inclined planes????

[-] LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

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