If the utility of an invention were somehow derived from the genius of its inventor, it would be pardonable that so many sources trace the idea for the ball bearing to a 1497 drawing by Leonardo da ...

New Hampshire Ball Bearings Inc., a subsidiary of Japan-based Minebea Co. Ltd., has acquired Cerobear GmbH, a company in Germany that specializes in ceramic ball bearings, giving NHBB a new technology ...

In this video, the process of turning a used ball bearing into a ring using basic machining techniques on a metal lathe is demonstrated. Old ball bearings, often kept from restoration projects, can ...

Neolithic engineers may have used ball bearings in the construction of Stonehenge, it was claimed today. The same technique that allows vehicles and machinery to run smoothly today could have been ...

The classic design of a mechanical clock generally consists of a display, a way to store energy, a way to release that energy at regular intervals, and a mechanism to transmit it where it needs to go.