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- Simple machine (1852 bytes)
1: In [[physics]], a '''simple machine''' is any device that only requires the applicati...
3: The traditional list of simple machines is:
14: ...advantage of a simple machine will usually differ from its theoretical value.
16: ..., which is a [[pump]], is an example of a complex machine where the screw is a helical inclined plane.
18: Variations to the list of simple machines:
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- Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...entury enabled the manufacture of more production machines for manufacturing in other industries.
3: ... merged into the [[Second Industrial Revolution]] from about [[1850]], when technological and economic...
7: ...erm industrial ''revolution'' was introduced by [[Friedrich Engels]] and [[Louis-Auguste Blanqui]] in ...
10: ...itain. The steam engine was created to pump water from coal mines, enabling them to be deepened]]effic...
12: ... occurred in Britain. In other nations, such as [[France]], markets were split up by local regions, wh... - Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
15: ... Her prose acknowledged some possibilities of the machine which Babbage never published, such as speculatin...
30: ...Gibson]], which posits a world in which Babbage's machines were [[mass production|mass produced]] and the c... - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
1: ...:Rosalind Franklin.jpg|180px|thumb|right|Rosalind Franklin]]
2: '''Rosalind Elsie Franklin''' ([[July 25]], [[1920]] - [[April 16]], [...
5: ...venings. Later they helped settle Jewish refugees from Europe who had escaped the ''Nazis''.
8: ...ent body) and women were not entitled to a degree from the University. She passed her finals in [[1941...
9: ...e went to Paris to work. She learned [[X-ray]] diffraction techniques during her three years at the ''... - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
3: ...aduated [[Phi Beta Kappa Society|Phi Beta Kappa]] from [[Vassar College]] with a bachelor's degree in ...
5: ...for it. At the end of the war she was discharged from the Navy, but she continued to work on the deve...
9: ...than in [[machine code]] or in languages close to machine code, such as the [[assembler]]s of the time. It ...
12: Hopper retired from the Naval Reserve with the rank of Commander at...
16: ... a [[rear admiral]]. She retired (involuntarily) from the Navy in [[1986]]. - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
1: [[Image:Joni Mitchell-Both Sides Now.jpg|frame|right|Self portrait by Joni Mitchell, on the c...
5: ...singer Chuck Mitchell in [[1965]]. She performed frequently in coffee houses and [[folk clubs]] and b...
9: ...ms of its pressure and of the loss of privacy and freedom it entails.
11: ...inspired by stories told by her producer and then-friend [[David Geffen]]). It remains her best selli...
13: ...y diverse, with complex vocal harmonies set with African drumming (the [[Drum|Warrior Drums]] of [[Bur... - Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
15: ...rested in late 1926, after running when police confronted him over a rental car he'd failed to return ...
19: ... most prevalent story is that it was through his friend Clarence Clay. Clarence's sister, Bonnie's si...
23: ...ts]] said that it was Eastham where Clyde turned "from a schoolboy to a rattlesnake."
25: ...s, embroiled in a plan to raid Eastham prison and free associate [[Raymond Hamilton]] and others. He r...
35: ...en or robbery victims, usually releasing them far from home, sometimes with money to help them get bac... - Queen bee (6221 bytes)
1: '''[[Honeybee]] queens''' are developed from [[larva]]e selected by worker [[bee]]s to becom...
6: ...because she is given [[royal jelly]], a secretion from [[gland]]s on the heads of young workers, for a...
32: The best queens emerge from replacement cells. As the young queen larva pu...
34: ...ike queen brood cells extend outward and downward from the broodcomb. This picture likely depicts eme...
39: ...se the workers have no fertilized (female) larvae from which to raise a replacement. If there is a de... - Engraving (3556 bytes)
19: ...ed with milling using [[CNC]] engraving/[[milling machine]]s. - Glass (26176 bytes)
1: ...iginally, which can be seen in its [[conchoidal]] fracture.
3: The word ''glass'' comes from [[Latin]] ''glacies'' (ice) and corresponds to ...
18: ...nto other shapes and colors as shown in this ball from the [[Verrerie of Brehat]] in [[Brittany]].]]
22: ...plify]] transmitted signals by [[laser]] emission from within the glass itself.
26: Glass is sometimes created naturally from volcanic [[magma]]. This glass is called [[obs... - Stained glass (3937 bytes)
15: ...led the way, notable artists include [[Ludwig Shaffrath]], [[Johannes Shreiter]] and many others who t...
31: ...the nave, to depict various [[saint]]s and scenes from the [[Bible]]. This was especially important wh...
32: ...] and [[Cathedral of Chartres]], in [[Chartres]], France
33: ...of them rely on machine made patterned glass to refract the light rather than the more expensive hand-...
35: *** [[Frank Lloyd Wright]] - Printing (4400 bytes)
3: ...:Drukarnia-zlamywak.jpg|right|thumb|The [[folding machine|folder]] of newspaper web offset printing press]]
11: ...g the more sophisticated [[block printing]] dates from 868 AD (The ''[[Diamond Sutra]]'' of AD [[868]]...
13: ... developed the use of raised and movable type and from the start used oil based inks.
18: ...nhope]], [[George E. Clymer|George E. Clymer]], [[Friedrich Koenig|Koenig]] and others introduced new ...
46: * [[Francysk Skaryna]], first [[Belarus]]ian printer - Metalworking (1231 bytes)
22: * Machine Tools
31: ** [[Milling machine]] - Textile (4228 bytes)
1: ... Materials such as [[fiberglass]], which are made from fibers dispersed in a [[matrix]] of another mat...
8: Textiles can be made from a variety of materials. The following is a part...
21: *[[Coir]]: the fibre from [[coconut]]s.
27: *[[Linen]], made from [[flax]]
33: ===Derived from plant products=== - Carpet (15753 bytes)
8: ...:Swatches of carpet 1.jpg|thumb|250px|Swatches of machine-made carpet]]
14: ...ds alternate with a supplementary weft that rises from the surface of the weave at a perpendicular ang...
16: ...uard mechanism (see [[Jacquard loom]]) in 1812 in France and c. 1825 in England. The addition of stea...
21: ...r Axminster]] (1890). These types were developed from the American [[Halcyon Skinner]]'s 1860s invent...
26: The warp threads are set up on the frame of the loom before weaving begins. A number o... - Woodworking (12397 bytes)
9: ...m a sanctuary at the source of the [[Seine]] in [[France]].
13: ...u Ban]] (魯班) and his wife Lady Yun, from the [[Spring and Autumn Period]]. Lu Ban is sai...
22: ...d with a convoluted, complex grain, usually taken from cancerous growths on trees
28: ...tch: the section of a tree where a branch divides from the trunk, or the trunk divides in two; typical...
43: * fretsaw: a saw with a very fine toothed blade used f... - Bassoon (11661 bytes)
2: ...ges and below. Also called ''fagott'', in German, from a word meaning "bundle of sticks" due to its co...
6: ...y to the reed. It was, like the modern instrument,frequently constructed of maple, with thick walls to...
8: ...nificantly). The English name of "bassoon" comes from a more general term referring to the bass regis...
14: ...g joint <font color=red>(3)</font>, which extends from boot to bocal; and the [[bocal]] (or crook) <fo...
16: ...ain]]ed and [[varnish]]ed. The top of the bell is frequently completed with a ring, often of plastic o... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
25: ...;[[February 16]], [[1817]]) who also had children from a previous marriage.
29: ... of [[Columbia County, New York|Columbia County]] from [[1808]] until [[1813]], when he was removed. I...
33: ... a Federalist. He had already, in [[1808]], moved from Kinderhook to [[Hudson, New York|Hudson]], and ...
35: ...that Van Buren's connection began with so-called "machine politics". He was a leading member of the "Alban...
39: ...ion, where he opposed the grant of [[universal suffrage]]. His course in the Senate was not altogether... - Printing press (12986 bytes)
1: ...Events of the Millennium by LIFE Magazine. Apart from Gutenberg, the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[Laurens ...
8: ... using "rag" [[paper]] introduced into [[Europe]] from [[China]] by way of [[Muslims]], who had a pape...
12: ... books were copied mainly in [[monasteries]], or (from the [[13th century]]) in commercial [[scriptori...
14: ... printing presses an industry requiring a licence from the Catholic Church (an idea rejected in the en...
16: ...vention in 1453, towns from Hungary to Spain, and from Italy to Britain had functional printing presse... - Turkey (41694 bytes)
49: ...phorus straits]] that separate [[Southwest Asia]] from [[Southeast Europe]]. [[Anatolia]] is situated ...
60: ...urkey was established on [[October 29]], [[1923]] from the remnants of the [[Ottoman Empire]]. The war...
72: ...must win at least 10% of the vote in the province from which they are running.
82: The freedom and independence of the Judicial System is p...
84: ...emeanors and petty crimes, with penalties ranging from small fines to brief prison sentences. Three-ju... - Azerbaijan (15031 bytes)
2: ...h an eastern coast on the [[Caspian Sea]]. It has frontiers with [[Russia]] in the north, [[Georgia (c...
40: | From [[Soviet Union]]<br/> [[30 August]] [[1991...
54: ...an." The most common theory is that it is derived from "Atropatan." [[Atropat]] was the [[satrap]] at ...
71: ...ies]]. It also underwent a brief period of feudal fragmentation in the mid-18th to early 19th centurie...
73: ...slim republic in the world lasted only two years, from [[1918]] to [[1920]], before the [[Soviet]] [[R...
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