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Definition of Gearwheels
1. gearwheel [n] - See also: gearwheel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gearwheels
Literary usage of Gearwheels
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mechanics: A Textbook for Engineers by James Ellsworth Boyd (1921)
"The gearwheels A and C are mounted on a frame. ... Problem Devise a transmission
dynamometer made with three bevel-gearwheels. 245. ..."
2. Scientific American Reference Book by Albert Allis Hopkins, Alexander Russell Bond (1913)
"Step gearwheels are useful-in heavy machinery, as they give a practically continuous
bearing between ... teeth of the gearwheels. 4. OBLIQUE TOOTHED GEAR. ..."
3. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1907)
"When the gearwheels are cast, that is, when they are not cut in a gear- cutter,
clearance is given between the back of one tooth and the front of the tooth ..."
4. Who's who in America by John William Leonard, Albert Nelson Marquis (1903)
"Eng'rs, Soc. Naval Architects and Marine Eng'rs; fellow Am. Assn. Adv. Science,
Soc. for Promotion of En- g'ring Ed'n. Author: Teeth of gearwheels and the ..."
5. The Popular Science Monthly (1884)
"The low speed made a very heavy fly-wheel necessary to secure uniformity of
motion, also costly trains of gearwheels to secure the rotative speed required ..."
6. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1884)
"The low speed made a very heavy fly-wheel necessary to secure uniformity of
motion, also costly trains of gearwheels to secure the rotative speed required ..."
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