block and tackle
device consisting of two pulleys (or in a borderline case only one movable pulley); device multiplying force; machine used to lift heavy loads
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block and tackle
Summary
block and tackle ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (649 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- block and tackle's image is recorded as Palans.jpg[2].
- block and tackle's image is recorded as Manual of military engineering (1905) (14759602516).jpg[3].
- block and tackle's GND ID is recorded as 4154573-4[4].
- block and tackle's subclass of is recorded as lifting equipment[5].
- block and tackle's subclass of is recorded as pulley[6].
- block and tackle's has use is recorded as transport[7].
- block and tackle's Commons category is recorded as Block and tackle[8].
- block and tackle's said to be the same as is recorded as block[9].
- block and tackle's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01nbs8[10].
- block and tackle's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300022361[11].
- block and tackle's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0133304[12].
- block and tackle's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13].
- block and tackle's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/block-and-tackle[14].
- block and tackle's different from is recorded as sheave[15].
- block and tackle's different from is recorded as versatackle knot[16].
- block and tackle's different from is recorded as pulley[17].
- block and tackle's different from is recorded as pulley block[18].
- block and tackle's different from is recorded as block[19].
- block and tackle's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as block-and-tackle[20].
- block and tackle's Interlingual Index ID is recorded as i50856[21].
- block and tackle's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 102498820[22].
- block and tackle's Krugosvet article is recorded as nauka_i_tehnika/tehnologiya_i_promyshlennost/BLOKI_I_POLISPASTI.html[23].
- block and tackle's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3995785[24].
- block and tackle's Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging is recorded as 9163[25].
- block and tackle's RKD thesaurus ID is recorded as 67731[26].
Why It Matters
block and tackle ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (649 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]