8 They're also huge. The Great Lakes touch Canada, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Combined, the length of all five shorelines is about 44 percent of the Earth's circumference.
1 Spindle (textiles) , a device to spin fibers into thread. 2  Spindle (tool) , is the main rotating part of a machine tool, woodworking machine, etc. 3  Segmented spindle, a spindle consisting of discrete elements that can be assembled and disassembled on the fly.
Torque, Traction and Wheel Slip. Torque is the twisting force that the engine produces. The torque from the engine is what moves your car. The various gears in the transmission and differential multiply the torque and split it up between the wheels.