Editing Rolling-element bearing (section)

== History of bearings timeline ==
[[File:Шарикоподшипники.jpg|thumb|right|''Study of ball bearing'' by [[Leonardo da Vinci]] (''[[1452]]–[[1519]]'')|142x142px]]

* Beginning in 2600 BCE - The Ancient Egyptians were the first to notably use the concept behind rolling bearings, they first did this by using logs under these stones with groups of builders on either side to push and pull the weight of the stones.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-28 |title=The History of the Bearing |url=https://www.acorn-ind.co.uk/insight/the-history-of-the-bearing/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=www.acorn-ind.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>
* 40 BC - In the remains of a sunken Roman Ship in Lake Nemi. This discovery shows the continual development of the principle. The remains of the ship do not show clear signs of an indication of what these bearings were used for. 
* 17th century - Galileo describes the functionality of a caged bearing<ref>{{Cite web |title=Galileo and history of bearing |url=https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/galileo-history-bearing-leo-bearing |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=www.linkedin.com |language=en}}</ref> 
* 1740 - [[John Harrison]] invented the first caged roller bearing for H3 marine timekeeping.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Mike |date=2022-03-04 |title=A Brief History of the Bearing |url=https://auburnbearing.com/auburn-blog/a-brief-history-of-the-bearing/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Auburn Bearing & Manufacturing |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 1794 - The first patent for the ball race was given to [[Philip Vaughan|Phillip Vaughn]] of [[Carmarthen]], Wales. This is the first design seen with a spherical object moving through a groove. 
* 1869 - [[Jules Suriray]] receives the first patent for a radial ball bearing, his design was used by James Moore to win the first 80 mile bicycle race from [[Paris]] to [[Rouen]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-08-03 |title=Today in Transportation History – 1869: A Big Little Invention for Bicycles |url=https://transportationhistory.org/2017/08/03/today-in-transportation-history-1869-a-big-little-invention-for-bicycles/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Transportation History |language=en}}</ref>