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The sun and planet gear was invented by William Murdoch to convert the reciprocating motion of a steam engine beam into rotational motion. It uses a planet gear fixed to the connecting rod that revolves around a central sun gear attached to the drive shaft. With each double stroke of the beam, the sun and planet gear mechanism completes two revolutions of the drive shaft. This arrangement allowed engines to bypass existing patents on crank mechanisms at the time. The sun and planet gear played an important

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T Ng

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