See also:

• WHEEL (0. Eng. hweol, hweohl, &c., cognate with Icel. hjol, Dan. hiul, the Indo-European root is seen in Sanskrit chakra, Gr. r in Aos, circle, whence " cycle ")
• WHEEL, BREAKING ON THE

WHEEL (0. Eng. hweol, hweohl, &c., cognate with Icel. hjol, See also:

• DAN

Dan. hiul, the Indo-See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root is seen in See also:

• SANSKRIT

Sanskrit chakra, Gr. r in Aos, circle, whence " See also:

• CYCLE
• CYCLE (Gr. KUK)^os, a circle)

cycle ")  , a circular See also:

• FRAME

frame or solid disk revolving on an See also:

• AXIS (Lat. for " axle ")

axis, of which the See also:

• FUNCTION

function is to transmit or to modify See also:

• MOTION (Lat. motio, from movere, to move)
• MOTION, LAWS OF

motion . For the See also:

• MECHANICAL

mechanical attributes and See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of the See also:

• WHEEL (0. Eng. hweol, hweohl, &c., cognate with Icel. hjol, Dan. hiul, the Indo-European root is seen in Sanskrit chakra, Gr. r in Aos, circle, whence " cycle ")
• WHEEL, BREAKING ON THE

wheel and for the modification of the See also:

• LEVER (through O. Fr. leveour, levere, mod. levier, from Lat. levare, to lift, raise)
• LEVER, CHARLES JAMES (1806-1872)

lever, known as the " wheel and axis," and of the mechanical See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers, see See also:

• MECHANICS

MECHANICS . The most See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar type of the wheel is of course that used in every type of vehicle, but it•forms an essential See also:

• PART

part of nearly every See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of mechanism or machinery . Vehicular wheels in the earliest times were circular disks either cut out of solid pieces of See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood, or formed of See also:

• SEPARATE

separate planks of wood fastened together and then cut into a circular shape . Such may be still seen in use among See also:

• PRIMITIVE

primitive peoples to-See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day, especially where the tracks, if any exist, are of the roughest description, and travelling is heavy . The See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary wheel consists of the See also:

• NAVE

nave (0 . Eng. nafu, cf . Ger . Nabe, allied with "See also:

• NAVEL (O. Eng. nafela, a word common to Teutonic languages; of. Ger. Nobel, Swed. nafvel; the Sanskrit is nabhila; the English root is also seen in " nave," the hub of a wheel)

navel"), the central portion or hub, through which the See also:

• AXLE (in Mid. Eng. axel-tre, from O. Norweg. oxull-tre, cognate with the O. Eng. exe or eaxe, and connected with Sansk. dksha, Gr. a wv, and Lat. axis)

axle passes, the spokes, the radial bars inserted in the nave and reaching to the peripheral rim, the See also:

• FELLOE

felloe or felly (0 . Eng. felge, Ger . Felge, properly that which fitted together, Teut. felhan, to See also:

• FIT

fit together) . From the monuments we see that the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian and See also:

• ASSYRIAN

Assyrian chariots had usually six spokes; the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek and See also:

• ROMAN

Roman wheels from four to eight .