Reinventing the Egyptian Pulley

The Egyptian pulley incorporates several novel, useful features. The design involves only significant compressive loading of its two components. The materials of construction are high compressive strength materials - limestone, granite or copper. The groove around the cylinder prevents rope slippage...

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Autores principales: Stephen Blakely, Gregory Blakely
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Publicado: EXARC 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/5b990286fa8f42a98a67bb35fd99c53e
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Sumario:The Egyptian pulley incorporates several novel, useful features. The design involves only significant compressive loading of its two components. The materials of construction are high compressive strength materials - limestone, granite or copper. The groove around the cylinder prevents rope slippage, thereby protecting the rope from abrasion but critically also maintaining the cross-sectional integrity of the rope and its twist structure. The Egyptian pulley would have allowed the pullers to be positioned on the Pyramid’s top stable, horizontal surface during construction.