ratchet wheel
Example Sentences
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The first impulse sent out is a long impulse and pulls up both armatures, thereby causing the pawls above and below the small ratchet wheel, shown in Fig.
From Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by McMeen, Samuel
He could not himself stoop; or, if he did, he could only sit erect again after the method of a ratchet wheel.
From Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod by Owen, R. Emmett (Robert Emmett)
The ratchet wheel and pawl shown in fig.
From Gas and Oil Engines, Simply Explained An Elementary Instruction Book for Amateurs and Engine Attendants by Runciman, Walter C.
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.
On the pendulum he had a little ratchet wheel, R, having thirty teeth.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888 by Various
