Much of the function of the manual transmission can be carried over to, or analogized to the study of automatic transmissions. In its most basic form, a manual transmission consists of a set of gears along a pair of shafts, the input shafts and output shafts. The gears on one shaft engage with those on the other shaft.
A distilled beverage, spirit, liquor, or hard liquor is an alcoholic beverage produced by distillation of a mixture produced from alcoholic fermentation.he term spirit refers to a distilled beverage that contains no added sugar and has at least 20% alcohol by volume (ABV).
As examples, this does not include beverages such as beer, wine, and cider, as they are fermented but not distilled. These all have relatively low alcohol content, typically less than 15%. However, brandy is a spirit, is distinct as a drink from wine (due to distillation), and has an ABV over 35%.he term spirit refers to a distilled beverage that contains no added sugar and has at least 20% alcohol by volume (ABV).