These 12,000-year-old stones may finally prove when the wheel was invented, scientists say
Scientists might be closer to learning who invented the wheel after discovering stone spindle stabilizers in Israel that date ...
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Spinning the Cables
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 ...
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12,000-year-old stones could reveal roots of wheel technology, study suggests
Researchers have analyzed a collection of donut-shaped, perforated stones an archaeological site dating back about 12,000 ...
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12,000-Year-Old Stones May Finally Reveal the Origins of the Wheel
Archaeologists in Israel have uncovered 12,000-year-old round stones with holes, potentially revealing the wheel's origins.
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12,000-year-old, doughnut-shaped pebbles may be early evidence of the wheel
The wheel was likely invented around 6,000 years ago, but a new analysis of curious rocks from Israel suggests that ...
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12,000-Year-Old Spinning Pebbles May Have Set Humanity’s Wheels In Motion
After testing out replicas of the ancient devices, the authors of a new study suggest that they were functional spindle ...
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12,000-year old stones may be very early evidence of wheel-like technology
A collection of perforated pebbles from an archaeological site in Israel may be spindle whorls, representing a key milestone ...
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Curious Cat Explores a Spinning Pottery Wheel
Curious Cat Explores a Spinning Pottery Wheel ...
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12,000-year-old spinning machine uncovered in northern Israel
A rare glimpse into the Natufian culture and the transition from a hunter-gatherer society to an agricultural one.
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This Surprising Feature Makes Every Bike as Unique as a Snowflake
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.
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Why spinning is the world's most reckless motorsport
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 ...
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Why Do The Cleveland Browns Keep Spinning Their Wheels?
The Cleveland Browns are no strangers to self-destruction. Who can forget the three-year train wreck from 2015 to 2017, when Cleveland had a combined record of 4-44, which translates to a winning ...