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Pre-stressed wheels in ancient Egypt

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

André Wegener Sleeswyk
André Wegener Sleeswyk*
Affiliation:
Laboratorium voor Algemene Natuurkunde, Westersingel 34, 9718 CM Groningen, Netherlands
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Abstract

The wooden vehicles of ancient Egypt provide valuable opportunities to see directly the ancient methods of wooden engineering, rather than inferring them from the metal elements alone. Here, one critical element in wooden-vehicle design – the pre-stressing of the wheels – is explored.

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Antiquity , Volume 61 , Issue 231 , March 1987 , pp. 90 - 96
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1987

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