sheave

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Then the length of the corrected base-line is multiplied by the height of the mast, taken from the deck to the sheave on the topmast, and the result is divided by two.

From Harper's Round Table, September 3, 1895 by Various

Weight of transmission rope = .34 X dia.2 Breaking strength = 7,000 X dia.2 Maximum allowable tension = 200 X dia.2 Dia. smallest practicable sheave.

From Illustrated Catalogue of Cotton Machinery by Company, Howard & Bullough American Machine

The water was smooth as oil, and so still that not a creaking rope or rattling sheave disturbed the deathlike silence.

From The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life by Bullen, Frank T.

The car, attached to the free ends of the cables, was hauled up as the piston drew the two sheave assemblies apart.

From Elevator Systems of the Eiffel Tower, 1889 by Vogel, Robert M.

The surfaces are lubricated by the water, but sometimes oil lubrication is provided for the eccentric sheave.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua