His transitions from accelerating walk to easy jog, trot to brisk canter to headlong gallop to flogged-piston sprint were as distinct and as soberly in order as an automatic gearshift. From LearnThat.org. [James Agee (1909-1955) American novelist, screenwriter, journalist, poet, film critic]
The piston, which is very long, rubs at its upper end against the sides of the cylinder, C. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887] Reference
The piston is a single casting unusually long and light, and is packed with four spring rings of 3/8 inch square brass wire. From Wordnik.com. [Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught] Reference
There is a sort of stem coming up from the middle of the piston, called the piston rod, which is to draw up the piston, and to press it down by. From Wordnik.com. [Rollo's Philosophy. [Air]] Reference
Dual hydraulic disc, twin piston. From Wordnik.com. [Quad 2009 ATV Buyers Guide] Reference
If piston, is it LWRC or LMT or POF-USA?. From Wordnik.com. [On Tracking and Losing Game] Reference
Dual ventilated hydraulic disc, twin piston. From Wordnik.com. [Quad 2009 ATV Buyers Guide] Reference
Wave-style ventilated hydraulic dic, twin piston. From Wordnik.com. [Quad 2009 ATV Buyers Guide] Reference
I will acknowledge that the larger "piston" bore should allow a slightly increased amount of work with the same pressures as a 308. From Wordnik.com. [The .338 Federal: A rare moment of sanity, cartridge-wise] Reference
The blocks are compressed by a vertical stroke piston which is operated mechanically by a cam, achieving a maximum pressure of 8 N/mm². From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 18] Reference
Solartran in Brisbane, Australia, has designed a giant engine with a balloon as its "piston". From Wordnik.com. [New Scientist - Earth] Reference
I have applied the same kind of piston to ordinary water-pumps, with similar excellent results. From Wordnik.com. [James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography.]
Each pedal is connected to the Stepper with a piston which is how the Mini-Stepper works and makes the pedals go up and down. From Wordnik.com. [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference
This pressure acts on the snake-like plastic piston which is forcefully propelled in to a pinion instead of the usual steel balls. From Wordnik.com. [TRW Launches Its Next Generation Seat Belt Pretensioner - Yahoo! Finance] Reference
Ian Edmonds, an environmental consultant with Solartran in Brisbane, Australia, has designed a giant engine with a balloon as its "piston". From Wordnik.com. [Peak Oil News] Reference
The stroke of the piston in the cylinder is 5 meters. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885] Reference
And in the stern is that box with the piston-rod in it. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
"There's the piston-rod!" said he in a rather choky voice. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
The clip is to prevent the piston rod nut from loosening back of itself. From Wordnik.com. [Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught] Reference
A cam designed to cut off the steam at five-eighths of the piston stroke 244. From Wordnik.com. [Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught] Reference
Percy made a few necessary purchases at the store while Jim attended to the piston-rod. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
But buyers like Myers represent a problem that could make Detroit's money machine throw a piston rod. From Wordnik.com. [Speed Bumps Ahead For Suvs] Reference
Using a thimbleful of propane fuel, the piston-driven robot rights itself after each hop like a Weeble. From Wordnik.com. [Cyberscope] Reference
The electric motor whines on its way to highway speeds, but sounds quieter than most piston-engine cars. From Wordnik.com. [Future of the Car: Honda FCX Clarity] Reference
The hammer, which is fixed to this piston by a rod, has therefore an ascensional force of 88,000 pounds. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885] Reference
They will be found to be lighter in weight, with pistons, piston heads and other parts made of aluminium. From Wordnik.com. [Opportunities in Aviation] Reference
The linkage causes the flywheel to make two revolutions for each double-stroke of the engine piston rod B. From Wordnik.com. [Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt] Reference
Above the breach is an air recuperator and a piston, while there is no hydraulic brake such as is generally used. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
It was a mere upright cylinder, of some two feet height, and perhaps eight inches diameter, in which worked a piston. From Wordnik.com. [Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles] Reference
"Gravity acts like a piston, compressing everything," says astrophysicist Michael Turner of the University of Chicago. From Wordnik.com. [How It All Started] Reference
The clay was thrown into the cylinder, and the piston brought down by means of a brake, like an old-fashioned pump, and. From Wordnik.com. [Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles] Reference
The piston which moves in this cylinder, under a pressure of 5 atmospheres, is capable of lifting a weight of 100 tons. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885] Reference
He devised the improvement of the separate condenser for the exhaust steam, instead of the jet of water under the piston. From Wordnik.com. [The Stoker's Catechism] Reference
Outside the ship, the lower end of the great eye-bolt was released from its clamp, and a small piston gave it a little shove. From Wordnik.com. [Anchorite] Reference
The movement moves a hydraulic piston that pumps water underground to a hydro-electric turbine that drives a generator to make electricity. From Wordnik.com. [Daily Dispatch: Amazon adds Kindle features; Ocean waves power Scotland] Reference
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