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The ancient master who made civilization roll, one perfect circle at a time.
means A skilled craftsman who builds and repairs wooden wheels, especially for carts, wagons, and carriages.
from A plain compound of two old English words: "wheel" (Old English "hwēol") and "wright," meaning a worker or maker (Old English "wyrhta," related to the verb "to work"). That same "-wright" still shows up in shipwright, playwright, and cartwright — each one a maker of a particular thing. So a wheelwright is, literally and exactly, a wheel-worker.
- hot trick
- Iron tire heated, fitted, then shrunk tight by water
- the surname
- Surnames like Wright mean someone's ancestor built wheels
- oak and elm
- Spokes oak, hub elm, rim ash—each chosen by job
- dished design
- Wheels coned outward to bear sideways cart loads
- near extinct
- A handful still practice the craft today
john wheelwright — 17th century puritan minister and theologian who founded exeter, new hampshire in 1638
wheelwrights guild london — medieval craft guild established in london that regulated wheel-making from the 13th century onward