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Clockwise from left: Egwene ( Madeleine Madden ), Nynaeve ( Zoë Robins ), Lan ( Daniel Henney ), Rand ( Josha Stradowski ), Perrin (Marcus Rutherford) and Mat (Dònal Finn). The Wheel of Time is a series of high fantasy novels by American author Robert Jordan, which began with The Eye of the World in 1990. Jordan wrote the first 11 novels of ...
A hamster wheel or running wheel is an exercise device used primarily by hamsters and other rodents, but also by other cursorial animals when given the opportunity. Most of these devices consist of a runged or ridged wheel held on a stand by a single or pair of stub axles. Hamster wheels allow rodents to run even when their space is confined.
An olive green tank engine who used to work on the Mid Sodor Railway and was later turned into a generator due to his tendency to misbehave and derail frequently. Dolgoch: Bertram: An old tank-tender engine who worked at the mines. His real name is "The Old Warrior", but was nicknamed "Bertram" because of his bravery.
the great wheel also known as walking wheel or wool wheel for rapid long draw spinning of woolen-spun yarns; the flax wheel, which is a double-drive wheel used with a distaff for spinning flax fibres for making linen; saxony and upright wheels, all-purpose treadle driven wheels used to spin both woolen and worsted-spun yarns; and; the charkha ...
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The Pelton wheel or Pelton Turbine is an impulse -type water turbine invented by American inventor Lester Allan Pelton in the 1870s. [1] [2] The Pelton wheel extracts energy from the impulse of moving water, as opposed to water's dead weight like the traditional overshot water wheel. Many earlier variations of impulse turbines existed, but they ...
Physics. The paddle wheel is a device for converting between rotary motion of a shaft and linear motion of a fluid. In the linear-to-rotary direction, it is placed in a fluid stream to convert the linear motion of the fluid into rotation of the wheel. Such a rotation can be used as a source of power, or as an indication of the speed of flow.
Various. Álex Palou, 2023 IndyCar Series National Champion. American open-wheel car racing, generally known as Indy car racing, or more formally Indianapolis car racing, is a category of professional automobile racing in the United States. As of 2024, the top-level American open-wheel racing championship is sanctioned by IndyCar.