Wikijunior:How Things Work/Hydraulic System

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Contents 1 Who invented it ? 2 How does it get power? 3 How does it work? 4 How dangerous is it? 5 What does it do? 6 How does it affect you? 7 How does it vary? 8 How has it changed the world? 9 What idea(s) and/or inventions had to be developed before it could be created? 10 References

[edit] Who invented it ?

Joseph Bramah Stainborough invented it. He also invented the toilet and a printer that numbered bank bills.

[edit] How does it get power?

[edit] How does it work?

A hydraulic system is when a liquid is in a tube, and it is pushed, and the liquid is moved and presses something. For instance, when you are in a car and press the brake pedal, the pedal pushes a liquid called "brake fluid" through a tube where it presses against the brake discs, stopping the car.

[edit] How dangerous is it?

Hydralics can be extremely dangerous because of the high powers involved.

[edit] What does it do?

[edit] How does it affect you?

[edit] How does it vary?

[edit] How has it changed the world?

Hydraulics, since its invention is being used in many machines, systems. Like cars, cranes, automobile industries etc.

[edit] What idea(s) and/or inventions had to be developed before it could be created?

[edit] References