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A [[Machine]] may be defined as a combination of resistant parts so connected as to have constrained motion and to be capable of transmitting or transforming energy. | A [[Machine]] may be defined as a combination of resistant parts so connected as to have constrained motion and to be capable of transmitting or transforming energy. | ||
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| − | + | Please see the following [[AAB]] [[Library Data]] articles for more information: <br> | |
| − | + | ''[[Tool]]:'' | |
| − | + | * [[Tool|Tool Apparatuses]] | |
| + | ** [[Artifact]] | ||
| + | ** [[Device]] | ||
| + | ** [[Found Tool]] | ||
| + | ** [[Machine]] | ||
| + | ** [[Multi-role Power Tool]] | ||
| + | * [[Tool Kit]]s | ||
| + | ** [[Amaze The Native Kit]] | ||
| + | ** [[Carpentry Tool Set]] | ||
| + | ** [[Disguise Kit]] | ||
| + | ** [[Electronics Tool Kit]] | ||
| + | ** [[Gunsmithing Tool Kit]] | ||
| + | ** [[Mechanical Tool Set]] | ||
| + | ** [[Metalworking Tool Set]] | ||
| + | ** [[Mountaineer's Kit]] | ||
| + | ** [[Security Tool Kit]] | ||
| + | ** [[Survival Kit]] | ||
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== Description ([[Specifications]]) == | == Description ([[Specifications]]) == | ||
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# The inclined plane and... | # The inclined plane and... | ||
# Gravitic manipulation. | # Gravitic manipulation. | ||
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| + | "As machines become more and more perfect and efficient, so it will become clear that imperfection is the greatness of man." | ||
| + | - Ernst Fischer | ||
| + | * ''(BrainyQuote.com: https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/machines)'' | ||
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Machines composed of combinations of these four basic machines may be classified according to two general functions: | Machines composed of combinations of these four basic machines may be classified according to two general functions: | ||
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== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) == | == History & Background ([[Dossier]]) == | ||
| − | [[Machine]] and [[device]]s are generally developed in the [[TL:1-3]] | + | [[Machine]] and [[device]]s are generally developed in the [[TL:1-3]] [[Technological Epoch]]. |
| − | == References & Contributors (Sources) == | + | == References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) == |
{{Intermediate}} | {{Intermediate}} | ||
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{{Sources | {{Sources | ||
|S1= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]] | |S1= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]] | ||
| − | |S2= Author & Contributor: [[IISS]] Junior Administrator and Master Astrographer [[ | + | |S2= Author & Contributor: [[IISS]] Junior Administrator and Master Astrographer [[Ensign Phillips]] |
| − | |S3= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[ | + | |S3= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]] |
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| − | {{LEN|Device| | + | {{LEN|Device|Technology|Summary page article}} |
Latest revision as of 10:53, 6 April 2020
A Machine may be defined as a combination of resistant parts so connected as to have constrained motion and to be capable of transmitting or transforming energy.
Please see the following AAB Library Data articles for more information:
Tool:
Description (Specifications)[edit]
Although modern machines with their complex controls appear to be extremely complicated every one is merely a combination of one or more of four basic elements:
- The wheel (q.v.) and axel,
- The lever (q.v.)
- The inclined plane and...
- Gravitic manipulation.
"As machines become more and more perfect and efficient, so it will become clear that imperfection is the greatness of man." - Ernst Fischer
- (BrainyQuote.com: https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/machines)
Machines composed of combinations of these four basic machines may be classified according to two general functions:
- (1.) generation and transformation of power;
- (2.) transmissions of power and performance of work, accomplished by means of such types of machinery as the pump, compressor, fan, crane elevator pulley or lifter (qq.v.) and the different types of vehicles.
Credits:
- (1968 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 14, page 521, column 1)
- (Please note the references to "gravitic manipulation" and "lifter" were added to the above referenced quote by the author of this factoid)
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
Machine and devices are generally developed in the TL:1-3 Technological Epoch.
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: IISS Junior Administrator and Master Astrographer Ensign Phillips
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science