Treadwheel
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- OBJECT TYPE
- OBLIQUE/DOG
- DATE
- 1860
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.1092.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN BASE FRAME & WHEEL/ WHEEL ALSO HAS STEEL GEARS/ STEEL SHAFT & DRIVE WHEELS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 98.3 cm
- Width
- 77.0 cm
- Height
- 60.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Power sources
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
OPERATES MACHINERY USING ANIMAL POWER/ A DOG'S CONTINUAL TRACTIVE ACTION PROVIDES ROTATING POWER THAT CAN SUPPLY MOTION TO A MACHINE/ DOG CONTINUALLY WALKS ON A CIRCULAR TREAD WHEEL OR PLATE WHICH IS MOUNTED ON A SHAFT SO THAT THE WHOLE CAN ROTATE IN AN OBLIQUE PLANE & DRIVE MACHINERY - Technical
-
AN EXAMPLE OF AN EARLY TECHNOLOGY THAT HARNESSED ANIMALS TO HELP MAN - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- From CA of 07/15/1997 by Carrie Misener: Undetermined
- Finish
- WOOD FRAME PAINTED BLACK ON EXTERIOR, INTERIOR APPEARS UNFINISHED/METAL PARTS ARE BLACK
- Decoration
- YELLOW LINE DESIGN ON WHEEL (FROM ORIG. CAT RECORDS)
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Unknown Manufacturer, Treadwheel, circa 1860, Artifact no. 1969.1092, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1969.1092.001/
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