Treadwheel information

A treadwheel, or treadmill, is a form of engine typically powered by humans. It may resemble a water wheel in appearance, and can be worked either by a...

A treadwheel crane (Latin: magna rota) is a wooden, human powered hoisting and lowering device. It was primarily used during the Roman period and the Middle...

A penal treadmill (penal treadwheel or everlasting staircase) was a treadwheel or treadmill with steps set into two cast iron wheels. These drove a shaft...

rowing, and using a 26-foot-long pedal-powered boat to cross the oceans. Treadwheels, also called treadmills, are engines or machines powered by humans. These...

undertaken in the 1820s and 1830s. This included the installation of a treadwheel for those sentenced to hard labour. In 1843 the number of cells was increased...

a type of mill operated by a person or animal treading the steps of a treadwheel to grind grain. In later times, treadmills were used as punishment devices...

Southwater, Sussex. The treadwheel dates from the early 17th century. It was probably not worked by a horse due to its size. The treadwheel is housed in a small...

hemp haulage rope and was operated by human or animal power, through a treadwheel. The line is still operational, although in updated form and is possibly...

Rhineland-Palatinate and designed in part by the architect Balthasar Neumann; two old treadwheel cranes, one being the Gothic "Old Crane" (Alte Krahnen) or "Trier Moselle...

Mouse wheel may refer to: Hamster wheel Treadmill Treadwheel The scroll wheel of a computer mouse This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...

wooden crane "beam" and four others on a (treadwheel men or menials) to operate the huge wooden twin treadwheels (more than 14 feet (4.3 m) in diameter)...

"Medieval Treadwheels. Artists' Views of Building Construction", Technology and Culture, 33 (3): 510–547, doi:10.2307/3106635 Treadwheel crane Wikimedia...

since the end of classical civilizations. Treadwheel crane (1220s) The earliest reference to a treadwheel in archival literature is in France about 1225...

engines for powering mills are powered by dogs, donkeys, oxen or camels. Treadwheels are engines powered by humans. The donkey or horse-driven rotary mill...

undertakings of his time. He invented a type of windmill sail and the prison treadwheel, and was employed as chief engineer, at Ransomes of Ipswich, before moving...

calculates a slightly less lifting capability, 6.2 t, for such a type of treadwheel crane, on the assumption that it was powered by five men and using a three-pulley...

changed. Further increasing their complexity is that either winches or treadwheels, aided by block and tackle, are typically required to raise the more...

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UK£20 and UK£50 annually. Medieval machines and inventions, such as the treadwheel crane, became indispensable during construction, and techniques of building...

hemp haulage rope and was operated by human or animal power, through a treadwheel. The line still exists and remains operational, although in updated form...

apartments. Also of interest are the High Lighthouse (1818), the unusual Treadwheel Crane (late 17th century), the Old Custom Houses on West Street, a number...

wheels. Hamster care Hamster cage Behavioral enrichment Treadmill Treadwheel Treadwheel crane Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 1949, p. B20/4 (advt.), referenced...

release . The process involves four men running in 4 metres (13 ft) tall treadwheels to lift the counterweight, weighing 6 tonnes (5.9 long tons; 6.6 short...

allowing human and animal muscle to power machines are cranks, treadmills, treadwheels, and kick wheels like a potter's kick wheel. A treadle is operated by...