Technology background

Pulley

  • It is made up of a wheel with an edge and rope which makes it easier to lift heavy objects.


Technology background

HISTORY

The earliest evidence of pulleys dates back to Ancient Egypt in the Twelfth Dynasty (1991–1802 BC) and Mesopotamia in the early 2nd millennium BC. In Roman Egypt, Hero of Alexandria (c. 10–70 AD) identified the pulley as one of six simple machines used to lift weights

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