W hen Alexander Hamilton was born back in 1755, he was already behind the eight ball. Whispers of illegitimacy plagued him from birth as the product of a common law marriage between James Hamilton and the notorious Rachel Faucette (the only woman imprisoned at St. Croixâs Fort Christiansvaern for committing adultery). His father was no better.
There are many types and examples of machine tools: 1  Milling machine â a machine tool used to machine solid materials. 2  Grinding machine â a machine tool used for grinding, a process whereby an abrasive wheel is used as the cutting tool.
Simple machines can make us all strong! When you hear the word machine, you probably think of something like a bulldozer or a steam locomotive. But in science, a machine is anything that makes a force bigger. So a hammer is a machine. A knife and fork are a pair of machines. And even an egg whisk is a machine. All these machines have one thing in common: when you apply a force to them, they increase its size and apply a greater force somewhere else.