Ingenium,[1] sive motrum, vel Latinitate antiqua machina tantum, est machina quae unum vel plura energiae genera in energiam mechanicam convertendam designatur.[2][3]
Clava et remus sunt ingenia simplicia et praehistorica.
Frontinus, Plinius, et Vitruvius ingenia antiqua commemorant.
- ↑ Fons nominis Latini desideratur (addito fonte, hanc formulam remove)
- ↑ "Motor". Dictionary.reference.com .
- ↑ Dictionary.com: (World heritage) "3. any device that converts another form of energy into mechanical energy so as to produce motion."