The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 6. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1878 |
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... pinion . The centre wheel drives the " second wheel " D by its pinion d , and that again drives the scape - wheel E by its pinion e . If the pinions d and e have each 8 teeth or leaves ( as the teeth of pinions are usually called ) , C ...
... pinion . The centre wheel drives the " second wheel " D by its pinion d , and that again drives the scape - wheel E by its pinion e . If the pinions d and e have each 8 teeth or leaves ( as the teeth of pinions are usually called ) , C ...
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... pinion attached to it ; and that pinion drives the twelve - hour wheel H , which is also attached to a large socket or pipe carrying the hour hand , and riding on the former socket , or rather ( in order to relieve the centre arbor of ...
... pinion attached to it ; and that pinion drives the twelve - hour wheel H , which is also attached to a large socket or pipe carrying the hour hand , and riding on the former socket , or rather ( in order to relieve the centre arbor of ...
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... pinions and wheels , small pivots , jewelled pallets , and a generally expensive style of workmanship . Accordingly ... pinion in Mr Bloxam's clock only raises the pallet through 40 ' at each beat ; i.e. , the angle which we called y is ...
... pinions and wheels , small pivots , jewelled pallets , and a generally expensive style of workmanship . Accordingly ... pinion in Mr Bloxam's clock only raises the pallet through 40 ' at each beat ; i.e. , the angle which we called y is ...
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... pinion . One stop B points forward and the other A backward . The two wheels have their teeth set inter- mediately or 60 ° apart , though that is not essential , and the angle of 120 ° may be divided between them in any other pro ...
... pinion . One stop B points forward and the other A backward . The two wheels have their teeth set inter- mediately or 60 ° apart , though that is not essential , and the angle of 120 ° may be divided between them in any other pro ...
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... pinion 20 on the arbor of the great wheel , or by a gathering pallet on the arbor of the second wheel , like G in fig . 15 ; and when once the lifting- piece is lifted out of a notch in the locking - plate , it cannot fall again until ...
... pinion 20 on the arbor of the great wheel , or by a gathering pallet on the arbor of the second wheel , like G in fig . 15 ; and when once the lifting- piece is lifted out of a notch in the locking - plate , it cannot fall again until ...
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