ratchet wheel
Example Sentences
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On the pendulum he had a little ratchet wheel, R, having thirty teeth.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888 by Various
On the side of the clock case was a contact maker, which closed the circuit by the pin on the ratchet wheel, R, once every minute.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888 by Various
The ratchet wheel is stepped around automatically by each impulse of current from an ordinary pole changer such as is employed in ringing biased bells.
From Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by Miller, Kempster
Care has to be taken that the pushes of the pall do not cause the ratchet wheel to be impelled too far.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various
People say the initiative and the referendum, against which I have talked, are like a ratchet wheel.
From Ethics in Service by Taft, William H.
