WHEEL & AXLEWHEEL & AXLEBy: Professor JenkinsBy: Professor Jenkins

October 28, 2010

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The wheel and axle is a simple machine. A wheel and axle is a modified lever of the first class[1] that rotates in a circle around a center point or fulcrum. The larger wheel (or outside) rotates around the smaller wheel (axle). Bicycle wheels, ferris wheels, and gears are all examples of a wheel and axle. Wheels can also have a solid shaft with the center core as the axle such as a screwdriver or drill bit or the log in a log rolling contest.

The traditional form as recognized in 19th century textbooks is as shown in the image. This

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