in straight line
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The pallets are to be equidistant; the wheel teeth of the “club” form; there are to be two rollers; wheel, pallet, and balance centers are to be in straight line.
From An Analysis of the Lever Escapement by H. R. Playtner
At that time there was placed in it the largest number of Monroe possessions in existence, handed down for five generations in straight line to his descendants, who made the shrine possible.
From Legends of the Skyline Drive and the Great Valley of Virginia by Etta Belle Walker Northington
The fork and roller action in straight line, right, or any other angle is delineated after the methods we are about to give.
From An Analysis of the Lever Escapement by H. R. Playtner
The distance from Troy to Lake George is in straight line about fifty miles.
From A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical by Charles Prestwood Lucas
Meanwhile the Oki-Saigo, having reached the farthest outlying point of the coast upon her route began to race in straight line across the Japanese Sea.
From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series by Lafcadio Hearn
