A treadle (from Old English: tredan, "to tread") is a foot-powered lever mechanism; it is operated by treading on it repeatedly. A treadle, unlike some...

A treadle bicycle is a bicycle powered by a treadle instead of the more common crank. Treadles were one of the mechanisms inventors tried in order to position...

Treadle looms can control multiple harnessess with multiple treadles. The weaver selects which harnesses are engaged with their feet. One treadle may...

traditional treadle-style spinning wheel. E-spinners are also suitable for spinners who have trouble treadling or keeping their treadling speed consistent...

A treadle pump is a human-powered suction pump that sits on top of a well and is used for irrigation. It is designed to lift water from a depth of seven...

In railway signalling, a treadle is a mechanical or electrical device that detects that a train wheel has passed a particular location. They are used...

options for power: foot treadle, hand crank, and external electric motor. A treadle obtains power from the user's legs. Early treadles were for just one foot...

was a Scottish blacksmith. He is generally credited with inventing the treadle bicycle. According to the research of his relative James Johnston in the...

uses the resilience of a long pole as a return spring for a treadle. Pressing the treadle pulls on a cord that is wrapped around the piece of wood or...

Ghanaian clothes. Kente is a ceremonial cloth hand-woven on a horizontal treadle loom and strips measuring about 4 inches wide are sewn together into larger...

spectacles, and the manufacture of distilled spirits. In Europe, horizontal treadle looms were introduced in the 11th century; windmills were first built after...

oars, paddles, or poles, or; through the feet with pedals, crankset or treadle. While most human-powered watercraft use buoyancy to maintain their position...

thread by pulling on draw threads. A dobby loom is an alternative to a treadle loom. Both are floor looms in which every warp thread on the loom is attached...

expanding product line and eventually eclipsed it. It was originally sold as a treadle with cabinet or as a hand-crank with carrying case. Later, add-on electric...

other treadle type effects for guitar. Morley pedals use electro-optical circuitry rather than a potentiometer to control the effect. The foot treadle controls...

1920s, Havelock Ellis reported that turn-of-the-century seamstresses using treadle-operated sewing machines could achieve orgasm by sitting near the edge...

rowing cycle is driven by a rowing action using both arms and legs. A treadle bicycle is driven by a reciprocating, not rotary, motion of the feet. A...

Spinning alpaca wool by Treadle wheel, Gotthard Pass, 2018....

outdoor mobility of a traditional bicycle. They are a type of treadle bicycle, powered by treadles (which are attached to the crank via a linkage rod), rather...

years, 1.5 million treadle pumps were purchased, increasing the purchasers' incomes by $150 million annually. The cost of the treadle pump program was $12...

by either constantly turning a flywheel handle or with a foot-operated treadle mechanism. Electrically-powered machines were later introduced. Industrial...

water to the plants. The treadle pump is a human-powered pump designed to lift water from a depth of seven metres or less. A treadle is lever device pressed...

keyboard figurations, such as the depiction of the spinning wheel and treadle in the piano in "Gretchen" and the furious and ceaseless gallop in "Erlkönig"...

left-hand imitation of the treadle disappears and changes to block chords. Additionally, the absence of the rhythmic, consistent treadle allows Gretchen to lose...

Tricycle Unicycle Utility bicycle Velocar Velocipede Velomobile Treadle-powered vehicles Treadle bicycle Hand-powered vehicles Handcar Handcycle Hobcart Wheelchair...

Consort Ban was born. 40 BC The earliest surviving Chinese record of the treadle-operated tilt hammer appeared. 37 BC Jing Fang died. 36 BC December Battle...

Jiaodaluo or Foot Treadle Flour Sifter (Chinese: 脚打罗; pinyin: jiaodaluó; lit. 'foot hit sift') were foot-operated pedal implements that were used to sift...

taken up by his compatriot Francesco di Giorgio. Rotary grindstone with treadle Evidence for rotary grindstones operated by a crank handle goes back to...

A Singer treadle sewing machine...

and reciprocating motion for other applications such as flour-sifting, treadle spinning wheels, water-powered furnace bellows, and silk-reeling machines...