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Definition of Pawls
1. pawl [n] - See also: pawl
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pawls
Literary usage of Pawls
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook for Machine Designers and Draftsmen by Frederick Arthur Halsey (1913)
"CAST-IRON FLANGED SHAFT COUPLINGS Dimensions in inches Silent pawls of different
constructions are shown in Figs. 18-21. Fig. 18 illustrates the principle ..."
2. A Treatise on Safety Engineering as Applied to Scaffolds by Travelers Insurance Companies (1915)
"Possibility of Disengaging Both pawls at Once. It might be thought that there is
danger of the men getting both of the pawls out of mesh with their wheels ..."
3. Mechanical Movements, Powers and Devices: Contains: an Illustrated by Gardner Dexter Hiscox (1903)
"RATCHETS AND pawls, CAMS, CRANKS, INTERMITTENT AND STOP MOTIONS, WIPERS, ...
Vibrating lever C, operates two hooked pawls on the ratchet bar A and lifts the ..."
4. A Manual of the Mechanics of Engineering and of the Construction of Machines by Julius Ludwig Weisbach (1883)
"If we imagine the shaft B to move in the direction of the arrow, the pawls J will
drive the ratchet wheel C and consequently the shaft A, the strap E moving ..."
5. Mechanical Movements, Powers, Devices, and Appliances: Comprising an by Gardner Dexter Hiscox (1903)
"RATCHETS AND pawls, CAMS, CRANKS, INTERMITTENT AND STOP MOTIONS, WIPERS, ...
Vibrating lever C, operates two hooked pawls on the ratchet bar A and lifts the ..."
6. Mechanical Movements, Powers, Devices and Appliances by Gardner Dexter Hiscox (1899)
"RATCHETS AND pawls, CAMS, CRANKS, INTERMITTENT AND STOP MOTIONS,. ... Vibrating lever
C, operates two hooked pawls on the ratchet bar A and lifts the bar. ..."
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