The OED traces the formal, modern meaning to John Harris' Lexicon Technicum (1704), which has: Machine, or Engine, in Mechanicks, is whatsoever hath Force sufficient either to raise or stop the Motion of a Body...
O Oxford English Dictionary traza o significado moderno formal para Léxico Technicum (John Harris, 1704), que conta con: Máquina ou motor, en mecánica, é todo canto ten forza suficiente xa sexa para subir ou deter o movemento dun corpo ...