imple machines help us change the amount of force or the direction of the force needed to move an object. Find out how by learning more about levers. Major Funding by the Laura Moore Cunningham ...

Find out more about the wheel and axel, the lever, and the wedge. Find out more about three of the six simple machines: the wheel and axel, the wedge, the lever. Simple machines like these help us do ...

All the hullabaloo about touchscreen voting machines and the lack of a paper trail got Joyce Dewsbury wondering about the old mechanical lever voting machines. How did they record votes, and was there ...

Many antiquated lever-operated voting machines are headed for museums or scrapyards as new optical scanning voting devices replace them in local elections. The Cayuga County Board of Elections mailed ...

Introduction: This lesson provides students with a review of simple machines and their tasks. It works best in combination with your lesson on simple machines, or as a review/additional activity.

Officials in New York City are looking to reintroduce lever voting machines for the upcoming mayoral election, citing procedural issues with the electronic scanners currently in use. As the New York ...

The advantages of gear-and-lever voting machine, c. 1898, over the ballot box were many, including that it kept a running count, thus speeding up the reporting of results. Hugh Talman, NMAH Editor's ...