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The Unknown Technology in HomerChariot Racing and the Laws of Curvilinear Motion

The Unknown Technology in Homer: Chariot Racing and the Laws of Curvilinear Motion [In the early Bronze Age, land transportation was effected with wooden vehicles pulled by animals. A model gharry from Crete is dated from 2,000 BCE or earlier. Such gharries had whole-body, rigid wheels and were pulled by oxen. Around that time, horses appear in Crete, originating from the East, and are depicted in early Cretan seal-rings.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

The Unknown Technology in HomerChariot Racing and the Laws of Curvilinear Motion

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Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Copyright
© Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010
ISBN
978-90-481-2513-5
Pages
67 –76
DOI
10.1007/978-90-481-2514-2_9
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Abstract

[In the early Bronze Age, land transportation was effected with wooden vehicles pulled by animals. A model gharry from Crete is dated from 2,000 BCE or earlier. Such gharries had whole-body, rigid wheels and were pulled by oxen. Around that time, horses appear in Crete, originating from the East, and are depicted in early Cretan seal-rings.]

Published: Apr 9, 2010

Keywords: Centripetal Force; Wooden Pole; Land Transportation; Curvilinear Motion; Rigid Wheel

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