The wheel is one of my favorite examples of an invention inspired by the human body. That is because it is one of those things that is so obvious that no one ever notices it. A common example of a wheel is the tire on a car. Most people have experience with car tires. Below […]
A sword is an edged piece of metal that is used as a weapon. Most swords are usually 2 or 3 feet long and a few inches wide. The metal blade is usually set into some type of hand grip so that the metal of the blade will not hurt the hand of the person […]
If a person were to look at various types of swords, they would come across swords with curved blades. The drawing below is of a curved sword called a Scimitar. The existence of curved swords like the scimitar would seem to contradict the claims of the previous chapter. If the energy extending out from the […]
A buckler is a shield used in ancient times. The buckler is round and approximately two feet in diameter. The picture below is the front of a buckler. There is a raised area in the center of the buckler. The next picture shows how the raised area of the buckler looks like an indentation from […]
Thread is a word that applies to fibers of material like wool, cotton or silk. A fiber is something that is usually long, thin, and generally cylindrical throughout it’s length. The picture below displays three spools of different colored thread. Thread is wound around a spool for convenience in handling. If all human inventions are […]