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Definition of Propels
1. propel [v] - See also: propel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Propels
Literary usage of Propels
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1893)
"car should at all times have his team or the mechanical power which propels the
cars under his control, and so make use of this control as to avoid injury ..."
2. The Engineer's and Mechanic's Encyclopædia: Comprehending Practical by Luke Hebert (1836)
"... H the lever pin or centre, in which it works; 1 the flyer of the bottom spindles
J ; К is a fluted roller, which propels the drawing roller L, ..."
3. A treatise on the physiology and diseases of the ear by John Harrison Curtis (1826)
"is that the fresh secretion propels the older, and that this is assisted by the
occasional dependent position of the ear. Were it for me to add another, ..."
4. Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel Manufacturers edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1825)
"... E, turning the shaft, F, and giving motion to the paddle-wheels, GO, propels
the vessel. HH, the wind-box. CARMARTHEN GUNS SURPASSED. ..."
5. The Conquest of Nature by Henry Smith Williams, Edward Huntington Williams (1912)
"AN ELECTRIC TRAIN AND THE DYNAMO THAT propels IT. The lower figure gives an
interior view of a power house of the Manhattan ..."
6. Brown's Elementary Questions and Answers for Marine Engineers Together with by W. T. Thorn (1916)
"At what part of a screw steamer is the pressure that propels it applied to the hull?
Ans.—The pressure that propels a steamer is called the "thrust" and is ..."
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