hauksdottir opened this issue on Feb 08, 2008 · 71 posts
hauksdottir posted Sat, 23 February 2008 at 3:41 PM
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That is one of Galileo's six simple machines, and is usually encountered in a carpenter's toolbox. Between the scientists and the punsters, things aren't quite as simple anymore!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inclined_plane