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2. Wagon-wheel effect - Wikipedia

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   The wagon-wheel effect (alternatively called stagecoach-wheel effect) is an optical illusion in which a spoked wheel appears to rotate differently from its true rotation. The wheel can appear to rotate more slowly than the true rotation, it can appear stationary, or it can appear to rotate in the opposite direction from the true rotation ...

3. Spin the Wheel (game show) - Wikipedia

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   Spin the Wheel is an American trivia and strategy game show that premiered on Fox on June 20, 2019. [1] Hosted by actor and comedian Dax Shepard, the show features a 40 feet (12 m) high vertical roulette wheel divided into 48 wedges that can award money to contestants or partially/completely wipe out their winnings. [2]

4. Hand spinning - Wikipedia

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   A Saxony wheel (also called a flax wheel) or an upright wheel (also called a castle wheel) is invaluable when spinning flax to make linen. The ends of flax fibres tend to stick out from the thread unless wetted while being spun, so the spinner usually keeps a bowl of water handy when spinning flax.

5. Spinning wheel - Wikipedia

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   the great wheel also known as walking wheel or wool wheel for rapid long draw spinning of woolen-spun yarns; the flax wheel, which is a double-drive wheel used with a distaff for spinning flax fibres for making linen; saxony and upright wheels, all-purpose treadle driven wheels used to spin both woolen and worsted-spun yarns; and; the charkha ...

6. Mirrorball Slots: An enchanted spin of the wheels on Facebook

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   For example, you can set the game to auto spin the wheels in bundles of up to 1,000 spins, and you can speed up the rate at which the wheels actually move and stop if you'd rather not watch some ...

7. Cotton-spinning machinery - Wikipedia

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   Until the 1740s all spinning was done by hand using a spinning wheel. The state of the art spinning wheel in England was known as the Jersey wheel however an alternative wheel, the Saxony wheel was a double band treadle spinning wheel where the spindle rotated faster than the traveller in a ratio of 8:6, drawing on both was done by the spinners ...

8. Devil's wheel - Wikipedia

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   A Devil's wheel is a rotating circular platform upon which riders sit or lie. It begins by spinning slowly and increases its speed to make riders slide off the platform. Spectators stand around the platform, and the announcers often offer some satirical commentary. Riders who slide off the platform usually hit a cushioned wall.

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