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- Most medicine wheels resemble a wagon wheel, having a center cairn of ... years. Some, such as the Bighorn Medicine Wheel, continue to be used by Native ...19 KB (2,854 words) - 09:37, 10 March 2023
- The potter's wheel is a machine used in the shaping of round ceramic wares. Occasionally, it is also known as a "potter's lathe ...12 KB (2,032 words) - 05:56, 30 November 2022
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- A grinding machine is a machine tool equipped with an abrasive wheel used for producing fine finishes or making light cuts on metals and other ...4 KB (644 words) - 00:16, 8 January 2024
- The potter's wheel is a machine used in the shaping of round ceramic wares. Occasionally, it is also known as a "potter's lathe ...12 KB (2,032 words) - 05:56, 30 November 2022
- Most medicine wheels resemble a wagon wheel, having a center cairn of ... years. Some, such as the Bighorn Medicine Wheel, continue to be used by Native ...19 KB (2,854 words) - 09:37, 10 March 2023
- drawn as an attachment behind either a two-wheel tractor or four-wheel tractor. in domestic gardens. When attached to two-wheel or four-wheel tractors, rototillers ...10 KB (1,524 words) - 22:27, 16 December 2022
- to the circumference of the gear wheel (the bigger the wheel the ... that for every complete revolution of the wheel, the car travels 82.1 inches ...10 KB (1,615 words) - 06:30, 18 April 2024
- #Wheel and axle because the wheel's motions follows the fulcrum ... #Hand trucks are L-shaped but works on the same principle on the wheel ...8 KB (1,282 words) - 22:06, 25 October 2022
- the Dharma. When Gautama Buddha turned the wheel of the Dharma, it illuminated ... the Dharmacakra mudrā symbolizing the Wheel of Dharma. This mudra represents ...10 KB (1,419 words) - 14:09, 3 May 2023
- rotifer is derived from the Latin word for "wheel-bearer," referring to a characteristic crown of cilia surrounding the mouth of most rotifers ...11 KB (1,517 words) - 21:46, 16 April 2023
- effort to get well, he slept with a Medicine Wheel, but one night a spider found its way down to the wheel and began to spin a web. After a very short ...11 KB (1,727 words) - 17:35, 30 January 2024
- short sides of both triangles, drives a water wheel. ==Description== ... sides of both triangles, drives a water wheel. (Escher helpfully points ...8 KB (1,193 words) - 23:03, 17 March 2024
- Falun Gong (Chinese: 法轮功: meaning "Practice of the Wheel ... pdf] In Chinese, Falun means "Wheel of Law" in reference ...14 KB (2,259 words) - 00:36, 25 March 2024
- the horses would normally have been; this front wheel supported the steam boiler and was steered by means of a tiller. In 1771, this second vehicle ...6 KB (974 words) - 23:34, 14 November 2022
- the idea of Kairos is linked with the theme of The Wheel of Fortune which continuously rotates; in fact the Greek words used by Poseidippos to describe ...9 KB (1,381 words) - 22:33, 4 October 2022
- has made it necessary to construct the wheel to withstand greater radial ... such as aluminum oxide used to dress a grinding wheel. ...20 KB (3,070 words) - 06:35, 14 June 2023
- 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
- sources of food and the invention of the wheel helped humans in traveling ... [[Image:Wheel Iran.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The wheel was invented in ...30 KB (4,303 words) - 17:50, 14 November 2022
- within a triratana, over a Dharmacakra wheel, on the Torana gate at Sanchi ... Triratna is usually also surmounted by the Dharma wheel. ...14 KB (2,028 words) - 23:03, 30 April 2023
- power from the pedals of a bicycle to the drive-wheel, thus propelling the bicycle. It is the main distinguishing feature of the safety bicycle. Based ...6 KB (898 words) - 01:13, 4 December 2023
- ." An ancient adaptation of ichthus is a wheel which contains ... superimposed such that the result resembles an eight-spoked wheel. ...11 KB (1,707 words) - 21:21, 7 September 2023
- inukshuk, an upright monolith slab, a medicine wheel, a fire pit, a desert kite, or simply rocks lined up or stacked for various reasons. Old World petroforms ...11 KB (1,550 words) - 02:26, 16 December 2022
- during wartime steel shortages for bicycle wheel bearings married to replaceable ... * Wheel == Notes == ==References== *Advanced Concepts of Bearing Technology ...12 KB (1,830 words) - 04:21, 11 January 2023
- symbolically represented as the Dharma wheel (Sanskrit: dharmacakra, Pāli: ... :As a wheel the draught ox's foot. :Preceded by perception are ...22 KB (3,259 words) - 02:48, 17 January 2023
- this list increased to include the wheel and axle, wedge and inclined ... quot; | Simple machines || Inclined plane, Wheel and axle, Lever, Pulley, ...16 KB (2,145 words) - 04:49, 5 November 2022
- ==Medicine wheel as mandala== pattern that often resembled a wagon wheel lying on its side. The wheels ...23 KB (3,394 words) - 16:47, 24 October 2023
- quot; bands such as Asleep at the Wheel and the growing popularity ... of Fame in 1999. In 2005, Asleep at the Wheel was featured in the play ...10 KB (1,636 words) - 08:43, 16 November 2023
- Citroën introduced the only popular front-wheel-drive car of its time, the ... left|200px|1934 Traction Avant 11CV - front wheel drive with independent suspension ...12 KB (1,874 words) - 20:01, 26 July 2023
- :Twelve spokes, one wheel, navels three. :Who can comprehend this? :On it are placed together :three hundred and sixty like pegs. :They shake ...6 KB (932 words) - 09:12, 28 January 2024
- Chakra (Sanskrit: meaning circle or wheel) is a widely used concept in Indian religion and politics that underpins many spiritual practices and ...24 KB (3,564 words) - 17:25, 30 September 2021
- written or co-written by Dylan, "This Wheel's on Fire," "Tears ... * Helm, Levon, with Stephen Davis. This Wheel's on Fire. Chicago: ...20 KB (3,077 words) - 15:29, 30 April 2023
- of purposes, including tool handles, bows, wheel spokes, the bottom of skis ... valued for tool handles, bows (like yew), wheel spokes, carts, drumsticks ...13 KB (1,907 words) - 15:46, 25 January 2023
- death, he began to train on the potter's wheel for which he showed much talent. He survived a childhood bout of smallpox to serve as an apprentice ...13 KB (1,954 words) - 19:59, 7 September 2022
