How was the wheel invented? Computer simulations reveal the unlikely ...

How was the wheel invented? Computer simulations reveal the unlikely ...

How was the wheel invented anyway?

Computer simulations reveal the unlikely birth of a world-changing technology nearly 6,000 years ago Imagine you're a copper miner in southeastern Europe in the year 3900 B.C.E. Day after day you haul copper ore through the mine's sweltering...

A device for spinning a woman on a wheel

Patent granted to Amilio Antinori in 1939: My invention relates to improvements in a display device wherein a preferably slightly inclined and rotatably mounted wheel, having spokes, is provided with a lateral shelf or support adjacent the periphery and parallel with the axis of said wheel to support a display, such as a performer of an illusion, a lay figure, or merchandise to be displayed, suitable fastening means being provided to secure to s…