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Illustrations of history

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This magazine is for sharing artwork of historical events, places, personages, etc. Scale models and the like also welcome!

Generally speaking, actual photos of a historical item should go to !historyartifacts@lemmy.world

Photos of ruins should go to !historyruins@lemmy.world

Photos of the past should go to !HistoryPorn@lemmy.world

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[–] metallic_substance@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Isn't a ratcheting mechanism sort of implied with it being labeled as a winch though?

[–] natecox@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

No. Ratcheting stops are one form of winch break (and definitely the most common in modern winches) but it’s not a mandatory inclusion. A winch is just a rope around a drum.