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inventions
Category: Reference, Education and News > General Reference Asked by: kck13-ga List Price: $2.00 |
Posted:
26 Apr 2005 04:27 PDT
Expires: 26 May 2005 04:27 PDT Question ID: 514343 |
Where did the inventor of the ball bearing live? |
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Re: inventions
From: myoarin-ga on 26 Apr 2005 05:32 PDT |
The brilliant Leonardo da Vinci was first to develop an early model for ball bearings in the 16th century. Ball bearings, or antifriction bearings as they are sometimes called, are one type of rolling bearing that is used to help reduce friction between two moving parts (like skateboard wheels on an axel). But it wasn't until 1791 that English inventor Philip Vaughn obtained the first patent for today's ball bearings while working on carriage axels. (from this site) http://www.infoplease.com/askeds/12-7-00askeds.html This one explains that di Vinci sketched a "caged" roller bearing, not a ball bearing: http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/on-line/invention/leonardo.asp# ANd this one confirms Philip Vaughn as the inventor (at least first patent holder) of ball bearings, he lived in England: http://www.rbibearing.com/0803.htm |
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