Definition of Spur wheel

1. Noun. Gear wheels that mesh in the same plane.

Exact synonyms: Spur Gear
Generic synonyms: Cogwheel, Gear, Gear Wheel, Geared Wheel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spur Wheel

spunlaced
spunlaid
spunyarn
spunyarns
spur
spur-of-the-moment
spur-royal
spur-royals
spur-shell
spur-winged
spur blight
spur gear
spur of the moment
spur on
spur track
spur wheel (current term)
spurdog
spurdogs
spurfowl
spurfowls
spurgall
spurgalled
spurgalling
spurgalls
spurge
spurge family
spurge laurel
spurge nettle
spurges
spurgewort

Literary usage of Spur wheel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Practical Draughtsman's Book of Industrial Design and Machinist's and by Charles A. Armengaud, William Johnson, Jules Amouroux (1854)
"It must be observed that the curve, ab, which is the involute of the circle of the radius, o B, is that for the tooth of the spur- wheel, the centre of ..."

2. Ferguson's Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics by James Ferguson (1814)
"On the formation of the spur-wheel and trundle. The radius of the spur-wheel is found by multiplying the mean radius of the ..."

3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1867)
"A spur-wheel, fast on a main shaft, driven by the engine, geared into another spur-wheel centered in the periphery of a brake- drum, loose on the main shaft ..."

4. Appletons' Cyclopædia of Applied Mechanics: A Dictionary of Mechanical by Appleton, firm, publishers, New York (1878)
"Supposing that the large spur-wheel a, which, through the pinion />, receives its motion from the cone, were driven at the same velocity as the ..."

5. Mechanics Magazine (1827)
"Turn it again, and strike the pitch-line un the tin ; then provide for the spur- wheel in the same way. When both are done, take the pieces of tin oft" ..."

6. The Mechanics of Machinery by Alexander Blackie William Kennedy (1886)
"SPUR-WHEEL TRAINS. THERE are comparatively few mechanisms in general use in which the ... The commonest example of a spur-wheel train is shown in Fig. 58. ..."

7. A Manual of Machinery and Millwork by William John Macquorn Rankine (1893)
"The corresponding forms of pitch-surface are:—for a spur- wheel, ... 103. circular Spur-Wheel*.—Given, a pair of parallel axes and the constant ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Spur wheel on Dictionary.com!Search for Spur wheel on Thesaurus.com!Search for Spur wheel on Google!Search for Spur wheel on Wikipedia!

Search