Motorjournals by PSN Jr.

Chapter 3:    As we talked about Wheels last time, the thought grew deeper, no matter how important invention the wheel was, alone it was useless. The wheel is more like the 'Jack of all trades and Master of None'. We have an existence of wheel since early stages of Stone Age, but the use of the wheel as a mode of transportation dates back to 4200-4000 BC.   One of the first applications of the wheel to appear was the Potter's wheel, used by prehistoric cultures to fabricate clay pots. The earliest type, known as "tournettes" or "slow wheels", were known in the Middle East by the 5th millennium BC. One of the earliest examples was discovered at Tepe Pardis, Iran, and dated to 5200–4700 BC. These were made of stone or clay and secured to the ground with a peg in the center but required significant effort to turn. True potter's wheels, which are freely-spinning and have a wheel and axle mechanism, were developed in Mesopotamia (Iraq) by 42...

Chapter 2:   As I was moving around through some old memories, a thought kept jumping in my mind...…."How did a Wheel come into Existence?" A simple thought, yet the answer to which generates interest in every human who has encountered a wheel. The wheel, as historian says, was invented roughly in 3500 BC. As Humans evolved in the Palaeolithic era, they discovered that heavy, round objects could more easily be moved by rolling them than bulky, irregular ones. The realisation was made that some heavy objects could be transported if a round object such as a fallen tree was placed underneath and the heavy object rolled over it. However, diagrams on ancient clay tables suggest the wheel did not materialise for thousands of years until a potter’s wheel was used in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) in 3500 BC. The oldest wooden wheel discovered so far was found in Ljubljana, Slovenia and is believed to date back to about 3200 BC. It was about the same time that the wheel was ...

  Chapter 1: Breaking into old memories.   Machine has been an integral part of Man's evolution from the primal state of to a being that is now known as Homo Sapiens. Earlier in life, it was a plane bow and arrow, but as we evolved these machines started taking various forms like a hardworking tractor or mind-numbingly fast supercomputers.   But while life progress on Top Gear, we tend to forget the single-most greatest invention….'The Humble Wheel'.   The wheel single-handedly pushed the boundaries of man from Hunting and Gathering to the modern trade we now take for granted. The wheel is such a unique machine that it can connect with every person on this planet, almost every being born in today's time has encountered a wheel at least once.   My exact memory with a wheel, rather 4 of them, was with a beautiful vehicle called Premier Padmini. Manufactured in India from 1964 to 2000 by Premier Automobiles Limited under the License of FIAT Spa, it ...