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Windlass is made of a bucket,rope,and a long piece of straight, round, strong timber
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The windlass was not very successful in the 1850's because it only went into a hole...That is all
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A windlass is used to move heavy weights - and is sometimes used on boats to raise an anchor.
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A windlass is basically a rotating level. It has a crank that winds rope onto a spool. The spool is geared and able to withstand major amounts of pressure.
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A windlass is basically a rotating level. It has a crank that winds rope onto a spool. The spool is geared and able to withstand major amounts of pressure.
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A windlass shanty was a working song sung by sailors in the 19th century. This particular shanty was associated with raising and lowering the anchor and other repetitive tasks.
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A windlass is used for raising or lowering heavy objects, such as anchors on ships or drawbridges. It typically consists of a cylinder around which a rope or chain is wound, allowing for easier lifting of weighty loads.
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The windlass was one of the slower methods of mining for gold. Two people were required to operate it, one at the surface and one in the mine shaft. The person in the shaft filled a bucket with potential gold-bearing soil and rocks, and the person on the surface operated the windlass to wind up the bucket. The contents of the bucket were then sorted through, perhaps in a cradle or a pan.
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a Chinese windlass or differential windlass is two drums of two different diameters turning on the same shaft with the rope unwinding from the smaller drum and winding on the large drum at the same time adding extra mechanical advantage .
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yes it is, as it has both and works with a wheel, so the answer is YES.
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A windlass crank is a type of wheel and axle simple machine. It consists of a wheel (the crank) attached to an axle that is used to lift or move heavy loads by turning the crank.
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A windlass is a type of simple machine called a wheel and axle. It is often used for lifting heavy weights by winding a rope or cable around the wheel. Windlasses are commonly found on boats for raising anchors.
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An anchor is lifted by using a windlass or winch mechanism on a boat or ship, which allows the anchor chain to be pulled up vertically from the seabed. The windlass is typically operated manually or electronically to raise the anchor efficiently and safely.
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anchor, anchor windlass, mooring lines, seamen. flag
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Windsor means 'a landing place with a windlass'. The town of Windsor is situated on the River Thames, an important transport route. A windlass is a hoisting device using a horizontal roller which when turned, winds a rope around itself. Thus useful for hauling boats ashore
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A windlass crank is a type of lever simple machine. By turning the crank, the windlass can lift heavy loads using a system of ropes or chains wrapped around a drum. It is commonly used in applications such as raising anchors on boats or drawing water from wells.
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Bad idea, two different purposes, two different designs.
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An anchor windlass, or a very large capstan with a catspaw at the base.
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A windlass is a type of winch, fitted with a wildcat for hauling chain, and/or a gypsy for rope. Windlasses have horizontal drums or wheels for handling heavy anchor chains, hawsers, etc.
From what I can tell, it comes from the Old Norse for winding things around a pole: Vin and ass.
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The earliest windlasses were believed to have been used in one of the first penal collieries (coal-mining) in Tasmania. This colliery, which was run by convict labour, operated from 1843-1844, long before the goldrushes when windlasses were more common. the windlass was used to draw water up out of the mines.
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A figure-eight knot is commonly used as a means to prevent the end of the line from passing through a pulley or windlass.
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Blankets, tent and bedroll
Pick Pan Bucket Cradle Spade Windlass Gold Digging Permit
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Before., In the fore part of a vessel., Before (in all its senses)., Before; in front of; farther forward than; as, afore the windlass.
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the pick was the first ever mining tool created. it was created to make digging easier for the miners when shaft mining. the windlass was the second created. it was invented for bringing bukets of dirt to the surface and then the buket would be winded back down under ground. the windlass also carried fully grown men.
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