Gears

Apple parers provide a wonderful learning tool for exploring gears. Gears are used in apple parers to provide speed advantage, mechanical advantage or to change the direction of motion. Click on the pictures to learn more. Visit the video section of our museum to see some of these gears in action. Click on Antique Apple Parers: Gears and Human Ingenuity to read our article on gears and antique apple parers. The article Antique Apple Parers: Gears and Human Ingenuity allows the reader to interact with on-line images and video thereby enhancing the learning experience.