Animal engine

An animal engine is a machine powered by an animal. Horses, donkeys, oxen, dogs, and humans have all been used in this way.^[1][2][3][4] An unusual example of an animal engine was recorded at Portland, Victoria in 1866. A kangaroo had been tamed and trained to work a treadmill which drove various items of machinery.^[5]

Ox powered treadwheel

See also

• Experiment (horse powered boat)
• Gin gang
• Horse mill
• Horse engine
• Persian well
• Treadwheel
• Turnspit dog

Books

• Animal Powered Machines, J. Kenneth Major. Shire Album 128 - Shire Publications 1985. ISBN 0-85263-710-1
• Walton, James (1974). Water-mills, windmills and horse-mills of South Africa. Cape Town: C. Struik Publishers. ISBN 978-0-86977-040-5.
• Pond, Wilson G. (2005). Encyclopedia of Animal Science. Marcel Dekker. ISBN 9780824754969. Retrieved 12 April 2019.