De quoi est fait potter’s wheel
A spinning disc for shaping vessels; one of the first uses of rotation.
- Wheel head — a pour partie. A spinning disc for shaping.
- Flywheel — a pour partie. A lower flywheel turned by the foot.
- Essieu — a pour partie. A vertical axis.
- Moment cinétique — utilise. A heavy disc keeps spinning by inertia.
- Stone — est fait de. Early potter’s wheels were stone discs on an axle.
- Wood — est fait de. Later — wooden ones.