First Mechanical Machine

This article is about devices that perform tasks. For other uses, see Machine (disambiguation).

Further information: Equipment (disambiguation)

It has been suggested that this article be merged with Machine (mechanical). (Discuss) Proposed since August 2015.

James Albert Bonsack's cigarette rolling machine, invented in 1880 and patented in 1881.

A machine is a tool containing one or more parts that uses energy to perform an intended action. Machines are usually powered by mechanical, chemical, thermal, or electrical means, and are often motorized. Historically, a power tool also required moving parts to classify as a machine. However, the advent of electronics has led to the development of power tools without moving parts that are considered machines.^[1]
A simple machine is a device that simply transforms the direction or magnitude of a force, but a large number of more complex machines exist.