Kufunika kwa mayendedwe oyima ndikwakale monga momwe anthu amakhalira. Thensanja zonyamulira zoyambiriraadagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zaumunthu, zanyama komanso zama hydraulic kukweza kulemera. Zida zonyamulira zidadalira njira zamphamvu izi mpaka kusintha kwa mafakitale.

Kale ku Girisi, Archimedes adapanga chipangizo chonyamulira bwino chomwe chimagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi zingwe ndi zokokera. Iwontchitochowotcha ndi chowotcherera chingwe chonyamulira pa bobbin.

Mu 80 AD, ma gladiators ndi nyama zakuthengo adatenga nsanja yonyamulirakufikirakutalika kwa bwalo mu Roman Coliseum.

Zolemba zakale zimaphatikizansopo anthu osawerengeka omwe adakweza zida zonyamulira komanso mapatani omwe amapereka zinthu kumadera akutali. Chodziwika kwambiri mwa izi ndi nsanja yokweza ya St. Baram Monastery ku Greece. Nyumba ya amonkeyi ili pamwamba pa phiri pafupifupi mamita 61 kuchokera pansi. Chonyamuliracho chimagwiritsa ntchito madengu kapena maukonde onyamula katundu kunyamula anthu ndi katundu mmwamba ndi pansi.

Mu 1203, nsanja yokwezera nyumba ya amonke yomwe ili m'mphepete mwa nyanja ya France idakhazikitsidwa pogwiritsa ntchito chopondapo chachikulu. Buluyo anapereka mphamvu zonyamulira. Mwakumanga chingwe kuzungulira chipilala chachikulu, katunduyo anakwezedwa.

M'zaka za zana la 18, mphamvu zamakina zidayamba kugwiritsidwa ntchito popanga nsanja zonyamulira. Mu 1743, French Louis XV adavomereza kukhazikitsidwa kwa nsanja zonyamulira antchito pogwiritsa ntchito zida zolimbana nazo m'nyumba yachinsinsi ya Versailles.

Mu 1833, njira yogwiritsira ntchito ndodo zobwerezabwereza inakweza anthu ogwira ntchito ku migodi ku Harz Mountains ku Germany.

Mu 1835, pafakitale ina ku UK panali nsanja yonyamula lamba yotchedwa "winch machine".

Mu 1846, nsanja yoyamba yonyamula ma hydraulic idawonekera. Kenako zida zina zonyamulira zamagetsi zidawonekera posachedwa.

Mu 1854, mechanic waku America Otis adapanga makina opangira ma ratchet ndikuwonetsa nsanja yokwezeka yotetezeka ku New York Trade Fair.

Mu 1889, pamene Eiffel Tower inamangidwa, anaikapo pulatifomu yonyamula mphamvu ya nthunzi, ndiyeno chikepe chinagwiritsidwa ntchito.

Mu 1892 zida zonyamulira phiri la Astilero ku Chile zidamalizidwa. Mpaka pano, nsanja 15 zonyamulira zimagwiritsabe ntchito makina ndi zida kuyambira zaka 110 zapitazo.

Pakadali pano, "Gotthard Tunnel" yomwe ikumangidwa ku Graubunden, Switzerland ndi njira yapansi panthaka yochokera ku Alpine ski resort kupita kumayiko ena aku Europe. Ndi mtunda wa makilomita 57 ndipo ikuyembekezeka kumalizidwa ndikutsegulidwa kwa magalimoto mu 2016. Pa sitima yapamtunda ya "Alps" yothamanga kwambiri pamtunda wa mamita 800 kuchokera pansi, nsanja yokweza idzamangidwa mwachindunji pansi. Akamaliza, idzakhala nsanja yayitali kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Akafika pansi kudzera pa nsanja yokweza, okwera amatha kutenga Sitima ya Alpine Glacier Sightseeing Express ndikufika kumalo ochitirako tchuthi paphiri patatha maola awiri.