- The
windl**** /ˈwɪndləs/ is an
apparatus for
moving heavy weights. Typically, a
windl**** consists of a
horizontal cylinder (barrel),
which is
rotated by...
- Tangye's autobiography, the
Weston differential pulley evolved from the
Chinese windl****, with an
endless chain replacing the
finite length of rope. He claimed...
- and
visual arts to the
Chinese imperial court, and
carrying on
significant inter-cultural and
philosophical dialogue with
Chinese scholars, particularly...
-
Soybeans and
Soyfoods in
China and Taiwan, and in
Chinese Cookbooks, Restaurants, and
Chinese Work with
Soyfoods Outside China (1024 BCE to 2014). Soyinfo...
-
mechanism is
unique in that it is
driven by a flat-link
chain connected to a
windl****. The
mensa itself was a
sliding plank (similar to that on the gastraphetes)...
- and
employ gear and
pulley arrangements – levers, belt hooks, pulleys,
windl****es and
cranequins – to
overcome very high draw weight.
These potentially...
-
included multiple mechanical devices he did not invent, such as the
Chinese windl****. He
received a 40
guinea prize for
submitting a
model of a
harbor crane...
- used to lift weights. This is
thought to have been in the form of the
windl**** which consists of a
crank or
pulley connected to a
cylindrical barrel that...
-
referring to a
counterweight trebuchet when he
described one
equipped with a
windl****,
which is only
useful to
counterweight machines, at the
siege of Zevgminon...
- Vij
Books India Pvt. ISBN 978-93-86834-12-6. "Heavy
Medieval 1250lbs
Windl**** Crossbow -
TESTED in Slo-Mo". YouTube. "arbalest".
Oxford English Dictionary...
