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Apuseni, Romania (2) (3) (4) by Oriana N

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Viscount Station, Mississauga, Ontario,Canada

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A Village Landscape with Figures and Cattle on a Path by Jan Brueghel the Younger (1601-1678).

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Cart fight!

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Carts and folklore garments on the São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal

Portuguese vintage postcard

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silly screencap redraw i did. for the end of She-Ra !1!1!

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Wheels, Axles, and Carts

Wheels and axles are simple machines that allow humans to move much heavier loads than they could without them as well as for specialized purposes such as the pottery wheel. The wheel appears to have been invented independently by many cultures or adopted it so closely it looks like it was developed independently in the Middle East, Europe, Eastern Europe, India, and China.

By Petar Milošević - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=88421247

Solid wheel disks appeared in the late Neolithic and seem to be pivotal to the development of the technology of the Bronze Age. During the time between the development of agriculture and the wheel, there are about 2000 years (in Mesopotamia, between about 6500 and 4500 BCE). This time is known as the Pre-Pottery (or Aceramic) Neolithic. The potter's wheel allowed for easier production of pottery, beginning with a slow wheel then developing into a fast wheel. The oldest potter's wheel we've found is in Mesopotamia is from about the 4th millennium BCE, though there is evidence of one in Western Ukraine of the Cucuteni-Trypillia culture that dates to about the middle of the 5th millennium.

By Silar - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29902699

There are depictions from the Halaf culture in northeastern modern-day Syria from about 6500-5100 BCE that show wheeled vehicles, but there isn't evidence that they used them. There are also what seem to be toys throughout Europe that begin to show up before 4000 BCE. Depiction of wheeled vehicles appear in artwork was between 3631-3380 BCE on the Bronocice clay pot, which was found in Southern Poland. There was also a 2.2m wide doorway found that were dated to 5000 BCE. These early wheels were wooden disks with holes for the axle to pass through. These wheels tended to be stronger if they were made from longitudinal boards rather than from horizontal cuts of a tree.

By Zereshk, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=171752

Spoked wheels, which made vehicles lighter and faster, were developed around 2000 BCE, likely by the Sintashta culture of the southern Urals. These were likely used for war chariots for about three centuries before they moved into the Greek peninsula and then through the rest of the Mediterranean quickly after. The spoked wheel is credited with the breaking of Minoan dominance and allowing classical Greek period. The spoked wheel likely reached Britian around 1100-800 BCE. Solid wheels likely reached China around 2200 BCE with spoked wheels following around 2000-1500 BCE.

By Madman - Own work, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1861429

In the Americas, wheels weren't used for travel, though they do appear to have been used for children's toys beginning around 1500 BCE. The lack of use for travel is theorized to be to a lack of large, easily domesticated animals like horses or oxen in the Americas. Bison were never domesticated and the horse species that did exist in the Americas were extinct by about 10,000 BCE. Llama, which were domesticated, were not particularly suited to pulling wheeled vehicles. Wheelbarrows and potters wheels were never developed and wheels seemed to have remained as ways to make children's toys to be pulled. The only practical wheel-and-axle technology that seemed to have been used is a spindle and whorl.

By Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China - Han Iron Gears, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=101967575

Gears, toothed wheels used to transfer rotational motion and possibly change the speed or direction of that motion, were developed around 400 BCE and in China, and spread from there. Aristotle mentioned gears in about 330 BCE, who mentioned the change of direction caused by gears. Philo of Byzantium, also known as Philo Mechanicus, used gears to raise water. They were also used in the Antikythera mechanism for astronomical calculations and was constructed between 150 and 100 BCE.

By Andy Dingley - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4944626

In the early to mid 3rd century CE, a Chinese engineer named Ma Jun developed a series of differential gears, a series of gears that rotate at different speeds while averaging the output of that speed, to create a cart that had a figure that always pointed to the south.

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How to Choose the Right Ice Cream Cart for Your Special Event

The right ice cream cart for your special event is just what you need to add that unique touch and delight all the guests. An ice cream cart offers an interactive experience where flavours and toppings can be customised in countless ways to suit your event theme or your liking. Whether it’s a wedding, birthday, corporate gathering, or an outdoor festival, an ice cream cart brings joy and refreshment. Moreover, an ice cream cart is one of those special treats that leave your guests departing with a sweet smile.

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