The origins of the wheel remain one of history's greatest mysteries, obscured by fragmented evidence and centuries of ...

The technology seems so blindingly obvious, so easy to make, so obviously useful and so ripe for invention. Potter’s wheels were an ancient technology by this time. The city had streets that ...

1498 - Rifling principle is discovered. 1509 - Invention of wheel lock (rose lock). The next major advance, the wheel lock, generates a spark mechanically. With no wick to keep lit, the wheel lock ...

It has been a pleasure in past columns to share my opinion of the two greatest inventions of all time: sticky notes and wheels on suitcases. Thank you for listening to my ramblings as to why I ...

Inventor William Liddiard invented a wheel with motorized internal rollers that can rotate a tire horizontally. A car with these wheels can move laterally or even rotate about its axis. Following ...

The potter's wheel was widely used by the beginning of the third phase of the Early Bronze Age, about 2400 BCE. Pottery cannot be made by hand modeling or coiling without the potter either turning the ...