Windlass is an ancient pumping tool, widely used in agriculture irrigation. A wooden bracket is fixed over a well, and a horizontal axle goes through in the middle of the bracket. Twisted wheels are equipped on the axle to wound ropes. One end of the rope is hitched with a bucket to hang in the well to contain water, and the other end is the fixed handle. In watering, it is needed to rotate the handle, and leverage the bucket. Windlass is a kind of machinery based on the axle principle.
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Windlass is an ancient pumping tool, widely used in agriculture irrigation. A wooden bracket is fixed over a well, and a horizontal axle goes through in the middle of the bracket. Twisted wheels are equipped on the axle to wound ropes. One end of the rope is hitched with a bucket to hang in the well to contain water, and the other end is the fixed handle. In watering, it is needed to rotate the handle, and leverage the bucket. Windlass is a kind of machinery based on the axle principle.
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