Speed

“Speed”

Medium: Water colour

Painting size:28×22.5 inches

THE WHEEL is often described as the most important invention of all time – it had a fundamental impact on transport and later on agriculture and industry. The wheel-and-axle combination was invented around 4500 BC and was probably first used for a potter’s wheel. after that we started using it in wagons, chariots, sledges to drag heavy loads. Wheels with spokes, first made around 2000 BC, were lighter, enabling vehicles to move faster. Foot-powered spinning wheels appeared around 500 BC, water-wheels in the first century BC and windmills in the seventh century AD.During the 17th and 18th centuries, water-wheels powered huge machines in cotton mills. Eventually, the steam engine became the preferred source of power to turn the wheels of industry. After 18 th centuries all complicated machineries invented by using basic wheel. Invention of wheel give speed to human growth.