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Barlow's wheel

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Barlow's wheel

Summary

Barlow's wheel is an electric motor[1]. It draws 17 Wikipedia views per month (electric_motor category, ranking #2 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Barlow's wheel's instance of is recorded as electric motor[3].
  • Barlow's wheel's instance of is recorded as invention[4].
  • Peter Barlow is named after Barlow's wheel[5].
  • Barlow's wheel's Commons category is recorded as Barlow's wheel[6].
  • Barlow's wheel's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03wzh0[7].
  • Barlow's wheel's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Barlow's wheel[8].
  • Barlow's wheel's Commons gallery is recorded as Barlow's wheel[9].
  • Barlow's wheel's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0007806[10].
  • Barlow's wheel's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as roue-de-barlow[11].
  • Barlow's wheel's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780830146[12].
  • Barlow's wheel's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as roda-de-barlow[13].

Why It Matters

Barlow's wheel draws 17 Wikipedia views per month (electric_motor category, ranking #2 of 3).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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