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+ | [[File:Spinning wheel.jpg|thumb|A spinning wheel]] |
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+ | A '''spinning wheel''' was a primitive [[technology]] used to produce [[fabric]]. Fifty [[Human]] spinning wheels belonging to the [[Neo-Transcendentalism|Neo-Transcendentalists]] were among the manifest of the [[colony ship]] {{SS|Mariposa}} when it launched from [[Earth]] in [[2123]]. Data defined it as ''a device for spinning [[yarn]] or [[thread]] that consists of a large foot or hand driven [[wheel]] and one spindle'' ({{TNG|Up The Long Ladder}}) |
− | In an [[Earth]] [[fairy tale]], the [[fictional characters|character]] [[Rumpelstiltskin]] used a spinning wheel to turn straw into [[gold]]. ({{DS9|If Wishes Were Horses}}) |
+ | In an [[Earth]] [[fairy tale]], the [[fictional characters|character]] [[Rumpelstiltskin]] used a spinning wheel to turn [[straw]] into [[gold]]. ({{DS9|If Wishes Were Horses}}) |
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Revision as of 18:01, 21 September 2015
A spinning wheel was a primitive technology used to produce fabric. Fifty Human spinning wheels belonging to the Neo-Transcendentalists were among the manifest of the colony ship SS Mariposa when it launched from Earth in 2123. Data defined it as a device for spinning yarn or thread that consists of a large foot or hand driven wheel and one spindle (TNG: "Up The Long Ladder")
In an Earth fairy tale, the character Rumpelstiltskin used a spinning wheel to turn straw into gold. (DS9: "If Wishes Were Horses")