Making Machines Flashcards by Izziexxxfrogz 🐸🥑

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Ancient mill

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Multiple force, a handle allows a heavy wheel to be turned within a channel

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Trebuchet , catapult and balista

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Multiplies distance, created by the Chinese around the 4th century bc for weaponry

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Archimedes’ screw

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Multiples force, made to help farmers lift water to a higher point at the Nile

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Archimedes’ defence tip boat

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Multiples force invented as a sea defense

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Levers and moments

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Archimedes once said that with a large enough lever he could use only a small effort to lift a load as big as the earth

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Moments

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Moment (Ncm or Nm) = force (n) x distance (m or cm ) distance is the distance from the pivot

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