The Wheel
Uses for the Wheel Over the Centuries | Date |
First wheel used for pottery in Mesopotamia | 4200-4000BC |
Wheel invented independently, China | 2800BC |
First iron rims, Celtic Chariots | 800-450BC |
Wheels for spinning pottery and as water wheels, Nubia | 400BC |
First spoked wheels, Turkey | 2000BC |
First 2 wheeled vehicles, Europe | 3402-2800 |
First Wheeled vehicles, Europe and Asia | 3500-3350BC |
First know wheel tracks, Germany | 3420-3585 |
First wheelbarrows in China | 50 AD |
First spinning wheel, China | 1000 AD |
First bicycle & first “kick” scooter, Germany | 1817 AD |
First pneumatic tire, Scotland | 1847AD |
Turnspit dog used to cook meat, Britain | 1500-1800AD |
First roller skates, Belgium | 1743AD |
First ferris wheel,USA | 1893AD |
First gas/petrol powered tractor, US | 1892AD |
First skateboard, USA | 1950s AD |
First wheelbarrows (outside of china), Europe | 1170-1250AD |
First motor car & motor bike, Germany | 1885 AD |
First ferris wheel, USA | 1893AD |
First skateboard, USA | 1950sAD |
First Segway (England) | 2001AD |
Excellent coverage of timeline and images to support it. Well done!:-)
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