Levers can help to lift heavy loads, as well as make things go up and down. Levers can be found in many everyday items. For example, a door handle, a pair of scissors, a can opener and even a ...

Levers are literally all around us. You body uses them to move, pick up a pen to sign your name and you’ll use mechanical advantage to make that ballpoint roll, and that can of soda doesn’t open ...

Have you ever seen a flag being raised, or wondered how a mechanical clock works? Let’s take a look at some of the simple mechanisms that they use. Pulleys and gears. When a flag is raised, it will ...