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Watt's linkage

mechanical linkage that converts rotary motion to approximately-straight motion, invented by James Watt
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Watt's linkage

Summary

Watt's linkage ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (114 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Watt's linkage is credited with the discovery of James Watt[2].
  • Watt's linkage's image is recorded as Watts linkage.gif[3].
  • James Watt is named after Watt's linkage[4].
  • Watt's linkage's subclass of is recorded as linkage[5].
  • Watt's linkage's Commons category is recorded as Watt's linkage[6].
  • +1784-06-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Watt's linkage[7].
  • Watt's linkage's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04pkdg[8].
  • Watt's linkage's Quora topic ID is recorded as Watts-Linkage[9].
  • Watt's linkage's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2776534533[10].

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Works and Contributions

Watt's linkage is credited with the discovery of James Watt[2].

Why It Matters

Watt's linkage ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (114 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

James Watt

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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