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Monday, 8 March 2021

Wheels

 


Uses for the Wheel Over the Centuries

Date

First wheel used for pottery in Mesopotamia

4200-4000 BC

First wheeled vehicles, Europe and asia

3500-3350 BC

First 2 wheeled vehicles,Europe

3402-2800 BC

First know Wheel tracks, Germany

3420-3385 BC

Wheel invented independently, China

2800 BC

First spoked wheels, Turkey

2000 BC

First iron rims, Celtic chariots

800-450 BC

Wheels for spinning pottery and as water wheels, Nubia

400 BC

First Wheelbarrows in, China 

50 - AD

First spinning wheel, China

1000 AD

First wheel barrows (outside of china), Europe

1170-1250 AD

Turnspit dog used to cook meat, Britain 

1500-1800s AD

First “pleasure wheels”, Bulgaria

1600s AD

First Roller skates, Belgium

1743AD

First bicycle & first “kick” scooter, Germany

1817 AD

First pneumatic tire, Scotland

1847 AD

First wire-spoked wheels, France

1869 AD

First motor car & motor bike, Germany

1885 AD

First gas/petrol powered tractor, US

1892 AD


First Ferris wheel, USA

1893 AD

First skateboard, USA

1950s AD

First Segway, England

2001 AD

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1 comment:

  1. Very good choice of images to show how the wheel is utilized today. Include a brief introduction to your Blogs next time. Well on completing the task accurately.

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