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==Origin==

==Origin==

Treadmills as muscle powered engines originated roughly 4,000 years ago. Their primary use was to lift buckets of [[water]]. This same [[technology]] was later adapted to create rotary grain mills and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treadwheel_crane treadwheel crane]. It was also used to pump water and power dough-kneading machines and bellows.

Treadmills as muscle powered engines originated roughly 4,000 years ago. Their primary use was to lift buckets of [[water]]. This same [[technology]] was later adapted to create rotary grain mills and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treadwheel_crane treadwheel crane]. It was also used to pump water and power dough-kneading machines and bellows.

Treadmills for [[punishment]] were [[invented]] by In 1818 by an English engineer named [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cubitt Sir William Cubitt], son of a miller. Noting [[idle]] prisoners [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bury_St_Edmunds Bury St Edmunds] gaol, he proposed using their muscle power to both cure their idleness and produce useful [[work]]. While the [[purpose]] was mainly punitive, the most infamous mill at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brixton_(HM_Prison)#History Brixton Prison] was installed in 1821 and used to grind grain to supplement an existing windmill which Cubitt had previously installed nearby. It gained notoriety both for the [[cruelty]] with which it was used which then became a popular [[satirical]] [[metaphor]].

Treadmills for modern [[punishment]] were [[invented]] by In 1818 by an English engineer named [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cubitt Sir William Cubitt], son of a miller. Noting [[idle]] prisoners [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bury_St_Edmunds Bury St Edmunds] gaol, he proposed using their muscle power to both cure their idleness and produce useful [[work]]. While the [[purpose]] was mainly punitive, the most infamous mill at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brixton_(HM_Prison)#History Brixton Prison] was installed in 1821 and used to grind grain to supplement an existing windmill which Cubitt had previously installed nearby. It gained notoriety both for the [[cruelty]] with which it was used which then became a popular [[satirical]] [[metaphor]].

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1a :  a mill worked by persons treading on [[steps]] on the [[periphery]] of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis and used formerly in [[prison]] punishment

*1a :  a mill worked by persons treading on [[steps]] on the [[periphery]] of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis and used formerly in [[prison]] punishment