From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
Types of machines and related components
| Classification | Machine(s)
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| Simple machines | Inclined plane, Wheel and axle, Lever, Pulley, Wedge, Screw
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| Mechanical components | Axle, Bearings, Belts, Bucket, Fastener, Gear, Key, Link chains, Rack and pinion, Roller chains, Rope, Seals, Spring, Wheel
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| Clock | Atomic clock, Chronometer, Pendulum clock, Quartz clock
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| Compressors and Pumps | Archimedes' screw, Eductor-jet pump, Hydraulic ram, Pump, Tuyau, Vacuum pump
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| Heat engines | External combustion engines | Steam engine, Stirling engine
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| Internal combustion engines | Reciprocating engine, Gas turbine
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| Heat pumps | Absorption refrigerator, Thermoelectric refrigerator, Regenerative cooling
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| Linkages | Pantograph, Cam, Peaucellier-Lipkin
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| Turbine | Gas turbine, Jet engine, Steam turbine, Water turbine, Wind generator, Windmill
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| Aerofoil | Sail, Wing, Rudder, Flap, Propeller
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| Electronic devices | Vacuum tube, Transistor, Diode, Resistor, Capacitor, Inductor, Memristor, Semiconductor, Computer
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| Robots | Actuator, Servo, Servomechanism, Stepper motor, Computer
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| Miscellaneous | Vending machine, Wind tunnel, Check weighing machines, Riveting machines
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