Africa holds a vibrant legacy in cotton spinning, woven into the fabric of its cultural history. This article unveils the ...

The wooden spinning wheel is a copy of an C18th wheel. This would have been used to spin woollen yarn. The spinning wheel was replaced by machinery - firstly the Spinning Jenny and then the ...

A fixture within the anchorages called a strand shoe was used to secure the "dead wire" while a spinning wheel, or sheave, pulled a "live wire" across the bridge. Once it reached the opposite ...

With this in mind, we have created a practical guide on what you should know before placing your bet and spinning the iconic online Roulette wheel. The Roulette wheel is divided into numbered ...

Inside that second wheel is a free-spinning handle that you can grip onto. The handle spins on a set of ball bearings inside the circle and doesn’t actually control the direction of the car at all.

This is an English spinning wheel in the Flemish style. Spinning formed an important part of the Lakeland economy and Kendal's town motto, 'Pannus mihi panis' which translates as 'cloth (or wool ...