Search results for "Wheel" - New World Encyclopedia
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- a system in which a double-flanged steel wheel operates on a single rail ... the train cars are suspended beneath the wheel carriage. In this design ...11 KB (1,625 words) - 21:10, 9 November 2022
- energy that governs the rotation of the glide wheel. Energy produced by the glide wheel powers a control circuit and a tiny, ultra-low consumption ...18 KB (2,543 words) - 02:46, 21 April 2023
- due to the angular momentum of the wheel. In physics, this phenomenon ... The rotor wheel responds to a force applied about the input axis ...15 KB (2,368 words) - 08:50, 29 July 2023
- Pottery is formed by one of three ways: thrown on a wheel, molded ... manufacture, including the potter's wheel and turntable, shaping tools ...28 KB (4,471 words) - 22:01, 30 November 2022
- A pulley is a wheel with a groove along its edge for holding a rope or cable. It is a simple machine that helps change the direction and point ...10 KB (1,745 words) - 23:46, 2 December 2022
- has been described as resembling an internal wheel vertically aligned with the spine. When breathing is steady, the wheel turns forward, with breath ...12 KB (1,770 words) - 17:27, 30 April 2023
- In 1996, the company decided to utilize all wheel drive (AWD) in most international ... by a four-cylinder engine and had a front-wheel wishbone-type independent ...19 KB (2,695 words) - 13:43, 28 April 2023
- design was Dan Albone's three-wheel Ivel tractor of 1902. In ... behind a single seat. The seat and steering wheel consequently are in the center ...28 KB (4,353 words) - 04:53, 1 May 2023
- The bead is that part of the tire that contacts the wheel. The bead ... ===Wheel=== Tires are mounted to wheels, or rims, that bolt to the ...28 KB (4,401 words) - 03:48, 1 May 2023
- through reaction, like a traditional water wheel. Turbines with multiple stages ... section and two rotors is termed a "Curtis Wheel" ...17 KB (2,749 words) - 00:22, 3 May 2023
- of the Ancient Celts (York Beach, ME: Red Wheel/Weiser, 2003, ISBN 1590030559). ... holidays (or "sabbats"), of the wheel of the year. Imbolc is defined ...20 KB (3,131 words) - 15:26, 4 February 2023
- A gear is a wheel with teeth around its circumference, the purpose of the teeth being to mesh with similar teeth on another mechanical device—usually ...33 KB (5,689 words) - 06:30, 18 April 2024
- typically described by Buddhists as a "Wheel of Suffering" or "Wheel ... God of death), who continually turns the wheel. The goal of life, naturally ...14 KB (2,256 words) - 02:15, 23 December 2022
- with David Byrne on The Catherine Wheel at the Winter Garden, and ... Award; and directing "The Catherine Wheel" for BBC Television ...10 KB (1,421 words) - 16:40, 10 May 2022
- quot; or solar festivals in the Wiccan Wheel of the Year, following Midsummer ... of the Ancient Celts. York Beach, ME: Red Wheel/Weiser, 2003. ISBN 978-1590030554 ...20 KB (2,998 words) - 02:42, 5 November 2022
- represented the symbol of the dharma, the Wheel of the Law. ... Shrivatsa within a triratana, over a Chakra wheel, on the Tonana gate at Sanchi. ...10 KB (1,469 words) - 03:10, 23 December 2022
- was often compared to a large potter's wheel that would screech as it was spun around, and did not turn smoothly. The opposite of dukkha ...11 KB (1,613 words) - 18:37, 24 August 2020
- it along with his feet, while steering the front wheel. adding a mechanical crank drive to the rear wheel, thus creating the first ...29 KB (4,462 words) - 03:45, 1 October 2023
- ever imagine.Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, The Wheel of Life (Touchstone, 1998 ... * Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth. 1998. The Wheel of Life. Touchstone. ISBN ...12 KB (1,762 words) - 15:06, 30 April 2023
- the most important mechanical inventions after the wheel, as it transforms continuous rotary motion into a linear reciprocating motion, and is central ...16 KB (2,420 words) - 18:34, 13 February 2024
