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Geojungki, Crane Pulley

Gwacheon National Science Museum

Gwacheon National Science Museum

Gwacheon National Science Museum
Gwacheon, South Korea

Crane, a construction machine devised to build the Hwaseing Fortress, was completed using the sheave wheel, a fixed pulley and the turning wheel, a fixed pulley based on explanatory diagrams of equipment of scholar Jeong Yakyong of Joseon Dynasty. The biggest characteristic of this crane is a complex pulley with introduction of a moving pulley, not only with a fixed pulley.

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  • Title: Geojungki, Crane Pulley
  • Creator: Gwacheon National Science Museum
  • Publisher: Gwacheon National Science Museum
Gwacheon National Science Museum

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