A fixture within the anchorages called a strand shoe was used to secure the "dead wire" while a spinning wheel, or sheave, pulled a "live wire" across the bridge. Once it reached the opposite ...

Researchers have analyzed a collection of donut-shaped, perforated stones an archaeological site dating back about 12,000 ...

Israeli archeologists use models based on their find to spin flax into yarn, indicating these pebbles were used as a version ...

The wheel was likely invented around 6,000 years ago, but a new analysis of curious rocks from Israel suggests that ...

These could be the earliest discovered spindle whorls, technology that was then seemingly lost for 4000 years.

After testing out replicas of the ancient devices, the authors of a new study suggest that they were functional spindle ...

A rare glimpse into the Natufian culture and the transition from a hunter-gatherer society to an agricultural one.

The drivers involved are experts, but are well aware of how unsafe it is. It's called spinning. It's South Africa's fastest-growing motorsport, and arguably the world's most reckless. But with so ...

Excluding fixies, modern bikes have a sub-component of the rear wheel, the freehub, that permits it to keep spinning when you stop pedaling ... in the center of this exploded Hunt Bike Wheels diagram.

Harrison, despite his strong serve and forehand, was left spinning his wheels at the back of the court. Harrison once made winning Grand Slams his goal, but if we’ve learned anything about him ...

This machine was made at the loomshop of the Rhodes family of Diggle near Saddleworth, and was used at Helmshore Textile Mill for spinning wool until 1916. The Spinning Jenny was invented in 1764 ...

A collection of perforated pebbles from an archaeological site in Israel may be spindle whorls, representing a key milestone ...