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ratchet wheel
noun as in wheel with teeth
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When the tympanum vibrates under the influence of the voice, the stylus acts as a pawl and turns a ratchet-wheel.
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SB is the primitive radius of the club tooth wheel, but both primitive and real radius of the ratchet wheel.
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On the pendulum he had a little ratchet wheel, R, having thirty teeth.
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On the side of the clock case was a contact maker, which closed the circuit by the pin on the ratchet wheel, R, once every minute.
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An' this ratchet-wheel isn't on the pawl prop'ly—not like what this book says it ought to be.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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