Enigma

device · 1918 · Electric age

A rotor cipher machine.

What it is made of

• Gear — has part. The rotors were stepped by a gear mechanism.
• Keyboard — has part. A keyboard.

Principles and materials it uses

• Cryptography — uses. A cipher machine.
• Aluminium — is made of. The rotors are aluminium and Bakelite.
• Bakelite — is made of. Bakelite.

What it is a kind of

• Cipher machine — is a kind of. A rotor machine.

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