sprocket wheel
Example Sentences
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The camera took one picture at a time, the film being wound on manually by means of a sprocket wheel that engaged with the holes on the sides of the film strip.
From The Guardian • Aug. 23, 2014
In syrupy light Luce was feeding the celluloid through the sprocket wheel.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
The sprocket wheel and chain were taken from a discarded bicycle, which was also drawn upon for the cork handle used on the steering lever.
From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.
The larger sprocket wheel is rotated by means of a triangular shaped lever attached at the lower corner to the crank of the sprocket wheel and having a handle at each of its upper corners.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 by Various
The sprocket wheel is at H and this is just as it is taken from the original bicycle shaft.
From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.
