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Re:Before the East India Company by saagarjha on Saturday September 28, 2019 @06:19PM (#21103292)
Sure; I'm arguing that the leap necessary between wheels and gears isn't really all that huge. A gear is basically just a wheel–regardless of whether you think it's a separate invention or not it's not really that impressive as going from nothing to the wheel.
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Re:Before the East India Company by jazzyjackson on Saturday September 28, 2019 @10:45PM (#21104692)
A gear is a lever which uses a wheel to apply continuous leverage - I would say using wheels as force multipliers is a considerable jump in cleverness than just using them to roll around
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Re:Before the East India Company by beambot on Saturday September 28, 2019 @07:05PM (#21103640)
Gears provide mechanical advantage -- i.e. gear ratio.
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Re:Before the East India Company by saagarjha on Saturday September 28, 2019 @07:09PM (#21103660)
So do two wheels of different sizes.
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