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Rota Fortunae. From an edition of Boccaccio's De Casibus Virorum Illustrium showing Lady Fortune spinning her wheel. In medieval and ancient philosophy, the Wheel of Fortune or Rota Fortunae is a symbol of the capricious nature of Fate. The wheel belongs to the goddess Fortuna ( Greek equivalent: Tyche) who spins it at random, changing the ...
Tianjin Eye. Tianjin Eye, the official name The Tientsin Eye, is a 120-meter (394 ft)-tall giant ferris wheel built above the Yongle Bridge (formerly Chihai Bridge), over the Hai River in Tianjin, China. Construction started in 2007, with completion of the main body on 18 December 2007, and the wheel opened to the public on 7 April 2008.
The series revolves around the Tracing Department of a charity group named Yan Ming Federation. It is responsible for helping families locate their missing loved ones, lost due to war, natural disaster, or other factors. The series is roughly split into six segments, each revolving around a different case. The last two cases also had a very ...
Slewing bearing. A slewing bearing or slew [ing] ring (also called a turntable bearing) is a rotational rolling-element bearing that typically supports a heavy but slow-turning or slowly-oscillating loads in combination (axial, radial and moment loads), often a horizontal platform such as a conventional crane, a swing yarder, or the wind-facing ...
A French old-fashioned carousel with stairs in La Rochelle. A carousel or carrousel (mainly North American English ), [1] merry-go-round ( international ), Galloper ( international) or roundabout ( British English) [2] is a type of amusement ride consisting of a rotating circular platform with seats for riders.
List of Ferris wheels. The original Ferris Wheel with a height of 80.4 metres (264 ft) next to the Ain Dubai, the current tallest Ferris wheel, with a height of 250 metres (820 ft). The Ain Dubai can carry 1750 people. The gondolas are each about twice the size of a city bus, and can be reserved for private parties.
Emergency crews in Oregon rescued 28 people Friday after they were stuck for about half an hour dangling upside down high on a ride at a century-old amusement park. Portland Fire and Rescue said ...
Wikipedia:Random. On Wikipedia and other sites running on MediaWiki, Special:Random can be used to access a random article in the main namespace; this feature is useful as a tool to generate a random article. Depending on your browser, it's also possible to load a random page using a keyboard shortcut (in Firefox, Edge, and Chrome Alt-Shift + X ).