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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
- [[Image:Wheel of the Year.svg|right|400px|thumb|The Wheel of the Year ... of the Ancient Celts. York Beach, ME: Red Wheel/Weiser, 2003. ISBN 1590030559 ...25 KB (3,928 words) - 08:55, 27 September 2023
- One popular subject of Thangkas is "The Wheel of Life," which is a visual representation of cycle of suffering (Samsara). ...6 KB (950 words) - 15:07, 30 April 2023
- The noria, a water wheel with clay pots around the rim powered by ... reduction gearbox mounted behind each wheel. Precision controls, some ...28 KB (4,276 words) - 13:24, 6 March 2024
- Realm of the Little People (Boston, MA: Red Wheel/Weiser, 2002, ISBN 1578632676 ... Realm of the Little People. Boston, MA: Red Wheel/Weiser. ISBN 978-1578632671 ...13 KB (2,065 words) - 19:37, 17 November 2022
- gruesome methods of executions were used (the wheel, burning at the stake, and so forth). In the case of decapitation, it sometimes took repeated blows ...14 KB (2,196 words) - 08:14, 8 January 2024
- at the bottom. In the center, a navy blue wheel with twenty-four spokes, ... quot; in the centre of the white is the wheel of the law of dharma. Truth ...33 KB (5,237 words) - 17:33, 28 March 2024
- of a motorcycle that holds the front wheel and allows one to steer. ... referred to as forks), which hold the front wheel axle, and a triple tree, ...41 KB (6,307 words) - 01:44, 11 March 2023
- life-size statue of the Buddha turning the wheel of the Law stood. To the ... first five disciples pay respects to the Wheel of the Dharma at the deerpark ...15 KB (2,311 words) - 03:29, 23 December 2022
- the book of Ezekiel, the thrones are described as a wheel intersected by another wheel, one to move forward and back, the other to move side to side. ...17 KB (2,515 words) - 02:14, 9 January 2023
- ====Case 8: Keichu's Wheel==== : Getsuan said to his students, "Keichu, the first wheel-maker ...33 KB (5,103 words) - 03:57, 4 March 2023
- [[Image:Wheel of life col.jpg|200px|thumb|Fresco on a wall of the Bardan Gompa representing a [[Bhavacakra|Wheel of Life]].]] Buddhism regained ...14 KB (2,083 words) - 21:53, 2 December 2022
- was severed, and they parted into several wheel-shaped and fire-filled bubbles of air (Diels and Kramz 12A11). Anaximander is said to have written ...7 KB (1,099 words) - 19:08, 26 July 2023
- of the Ancient Celts (York Beach, ME: Red Wheel/Weiser, 2003, ISBN 978-1590030554 ... Wheel of the Year [[Image:Wheel of the Year.svg|right|350px|thumb|The ...35 KB (5,443 words) - 16:28, 20 September 2023
- comes from the Greek word trochos, meaning "wheel." In North America, the big wheels of wagons were called trucks. When the gasoline-engine ...14 KB (2,129 words) - 18:25, 2 May 2023
- planning and a suitable vehicle (usually a four wheel drive.) On remote routes considerable supplies and equipment may be required, this can include prearranged ...7 KB (1,078 words) - 20:04, 20 January 2023
- this had changed to either an iron shod stone wheel or a cast iron wheel running on an iron bed. The mix is sometimes dampened with alcohol or water ...14 KB (2,154 words) - 14:28, 8 February 2022
- blends are the fuel of choice in open wheel racing circuits like Champcars ... Pure methanol has been used in open wheel racing since the mid-1960s ...20 KB (2,894 words) - 16:26, 9 November 2022
- and performance was so immense that from the wheel's release in 1974, the popularity of skateboarding started to rise rapidly again, and companies ...16 KB (2,517 words) - 22:58, 23 April 2023
- must not simply "bandage the victims under the wheel, but jam the spoke in the wheel itself." Nevertheless, in September, a national Protestant ...15 KB (2,197 words) - 14:34, 29 January 2024
- the Mystical Realm of the Little People. Red Wheel/Weiser. 2002. ISBN 1578632676 * Evans-Wentz, W.Y. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries. New ...8 KB (1,284 words) - 06:21, 24 November 2022
- resulted in variations such as the basin, siphon, wheel, cistern, Fortin, multiple folded, stereometric, and balance barometers. Fitzroy barometers combine ...9 KB (1,410 words) - 08:09, 20 September 2023
- of explosive shattering of the massive wheel due to overload. to as "flywheel explosion" since wheel fragments can reach kinetic ...17 KB (2,549 words) - 06:12, 1 April 2024
- is designed to plow at one time, there is a wheel or wheels positioned to support ... two different plows, "the araire was wheel-less and had to be dragged ...30 KB (5,003 words) - 08:06, 24 November 2022
- innovation. The Suzulight included front-wheel drive, four-wheel independent ... were imported from Japan. Suzuki’s four-wheel-drive SUVs were immediately ...32 KB (4,585 words) - 00:32, 27 February 2023
- a tiller, rather than a true steering wheel). This truck is often used in areas with narrow streets that prohibit longer single-vehicle trucks ...18 KB (2,795 words) - 19:52, 26 March 2024
- Ward started working with his brother in a wagon wheel shop. At the same time, Ward continued studying, mostly after work and at night. It was probably ...9 KB (1,301 words) - 22:02, 25 October 2022
- as he demonstrated once, and via a paddle wheel in the water. It was not ... in 1910-1911), independent suspension, and four-wheel brakes. ...30 KB (4,553 words) - 07:06, 23 August 2023
- kamanche, and sarangi. The hurdy gurdy is bowed by a wheel. ... which is played by cranking a rosined wheel with the right hand while ...26 KB (3,682 words) - 21:00, 26 February 2023
- a short space of time here like the potter’s wheel which goes on rotating even after the potter has left. Make the best of it by keeping the name of ...18 KB (3,150 words) - 02:42, 11 March 2023
- driven ship, Rattler, and a paddle wheel ship, Alecto. Rattler won, towing Alecto astern at 2.8 knots (5kph), but it was not until the early ...19 KB (3,022 words) - 01:19, 12 April 2023
- G forces) in three axes, temperature readings, wheel speed, and the displacement of the suspension. In Formula 1, the driver inputs are also recorded ...8 KB (1,232 words) - 05:33, 27 February 2023
- by the Buddha in the Pali Canon. (The Wheel No. 7). Kandy, Sri Lanka: ... Cloth & the Discourse on Effacement. (Wheel No. 61). Kandy, Sri Lanka: ...28 KB (4,040 words) - 10:36, 10 March 2023
- Friction is the force that opposes the relative motion or tendency of such motion of two surfaces in contact. It is not, however, a fundamental ...12 KB (1,929 words) - 11:00, 11 April 2024
- against hard objects such as the steering wheel and dashboard. ... including accelerometers, impact sensors, wheel speed sensors, gyroscopes ...35 KB (5,475 words) - 07:00, 16 June 2023
- by windlasses shaped like a ship's wheel. To smooth out irregularities ... The medieval treadwheel was a large wooden wheel turning around a ...36 KB (5,771 words) - 00:17, 15 January 2023
- magazine cover, Scout at Ship's Wheel, appeared on the Boys' ... * Scout at Ship's Wheel (1913) [http://www.best-norman-rockwell ...20 KB (2,916 words) - 02:46, 16 November 2022
- abacus calculation, a complex theology, and the wheel. Without any draft animals, the wheel was used only as a toy. They used native copper and gold ...20 KB (2,974 words) - 22:17, 30 November 2022
- the male arches his abdomen. Then, forming the "wheel position," the female bends her abdomen forward to touch the male accessory genitalia ...9 KB (1,363 words) - 00:22, 29 December 2023
- Christopher Penczak. Spirit Allies. (Red Wheel/Weiser Books. ISBN ... * Penczak, Christopher. Spirit Allies. Red Wheel/Weiser Books. ISBN ...25 KB (3,724 words) - 14:46, 12 February 2022
- used by Audi as a trademark to indicate that four-wheel drive (4WD) technologies are used on Audi-branded cars. The word "Quattro" was initially ...24 KB (3,319 words) - 06:45, 13 June 2023
- be used rather than "trying to reinvent the wheel." However most intermediates are compounds that have never been made before, and these will ...10 KB (1,522 words) - 14:47, 5 December 2023
- Buddha facing east, the west Buddha is Turning the Wheel of Dharma, the south Buddha is touching the earth and the north Buddha is lying down in a dying ...9 KB (1,412 words) - 21:05, 20 January 2022
- the body). She appears on the Tibetan Wheel of Life as the ogress, a ... serenity; also known as The Wish-fulfilling Wheel, or Cintachakra ...26 KB (4,258 words) - 04:30, 27 February 2023
- from the angler at various angles like spokes from a wheel (Neporadny 2008). Anglers who employ the spider rigging method may choose from among many popular ...11 KB (1,545 words) - 01:11, 7 April 2022
- ) is a term used in Tantric Buddhism that means "wheel of time ... * Bryant, B. 2003. The Wheel of Time Sand Mandala. Snow Lion. ISBN ...25 KB (3,831 words) - 06:50, 28 February 2023
- 21, at the time the largest ferris wheel in the world. The 860 meter ... Cosmo Clock, which was the largest ferris wheel in the world when it was ...20 KB (2,678 words) - 11:13, 25 May 2023
- An armored fighting vehicle (AFV) is a military vehicle that is protected by armor and armed with weapons. Most AFVs are equipped for driving ...10 KB (1,555 words) - 03:51, 15 August 2023
- with a Buddhist [[Dharmacakra|eight-spoked wheel]]. Obv: Greek legend, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ... struck a rare bronze series with a Buddhist wheel (coin 3). ...28 KB (4,241 words) - 04:28, 9 November 2022
- * The Wheel Of Time: The Shamans Of Mexico (compilation)(2000) ... * The Wheel Of Time: The Shamans Of Mexico (2000) ISBN 0-14-019604-8 ...20 KB (3,067 words) - 15:23, 27 November 2023
- quot; ("The Setting in Motion the Wheel of Truth Discourse," ... Sutta: Setting in Motion the Wheel of Truth. Available on-line ...34 KB (5,011 words) - 22:42, 29 January 2023
