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Bramah Joseph Diplock (27 April 1857 – 9 August 1918) [1] was an English inventor who invented the pedrail wheel in 1899 [2] [3] and the pedrail chaintrack, a type of caterpillar track, in 1907. [4] Diplock was born in Chelsea, London to Thomas Bramah Diplock, a coroner, and Eleanor Diplock.
The wheel in Africa was used, to various extents, throughout the history of Africa. [1] While it may have been common for Africans to manually carry their goods or use pack animals to transport economic goods in Africa, there was broad awareness, knowledge, and use of wheeled transports (e.g., carts, carriages, [1] chariots, [1] [2] wagons [2] [3]) in Africa. [1]
An early wheel made of a solid piece of wood. A wheel is a rotating component (typically circular in shape) that is intended to turn on an axle bearing. The wheel is one of the key components of the wheel and axle which is one of the six simple machines. Wheels, in conjunction with axles, allow heavy objects to be moved easily facilitating ...
New theory says wheel was first used by copper miners in Carpathian mountains around 3900BC
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 ...
The wheel, along with the wheel and axle mechanism, was invented in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) during the 5th millennium BC. [5] The lever mechanism first appeared around 5,000 years ago in the Near East, where it was used in a simple balance scale, [6] and to move large objects in ancient Egyptian technology. [7]
1720 - Differential gear invented by Joseph Williamson. 1731 - Sextant first implemented to accurately determine latitude. 1733 - William Kent developed an early stroller. [13] 1740 – Jacques de Vaucanson debuted his clockwork powered carriage. 1760s - Inline skates invented. [14]
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