Sentence examples for by means of a pulley from inspiring English sources

The lamp was hoisted into position by means of a pulley through an opening in the bottom of the lantern.

The earliest published surgical attempts to reduce displaced fragments of a fractured calcaneus were by means of a pulley device, described by Clark in 1855 [ 8, 11, 31].

In addition to the strong medial fixation obtained by means of a double pulley, the sutures bridges improve compression contact area and mean footprint pressure, provide a barrier to the synovial fluid from the joint to the healing area of tendon and bone, and share the load between fixation points.

This gives the evening an elliptical Beckettian quality and prompts some ingenious physical comedy: at one point, Ieuan has to struggle to place the capsule in an envelope and pass it to Zach by means of an overhead pulley.

Vertical movements of the animal were compensated for by means of a counterbalancing weight-pulley device.

The two base joints are active and driven by pairs of pneumatic muscles by means of a toothed belt and pulley.

By means of a wheel connected by string to a pulley, the machine rotated a glass globe against a "rubber," which consisted of a hollow piece of copper filled with horsehair.

In addition, a multimodal interface provides information needed to control the motorized arm-weight support by means of a dedicated cable pulley system.

The same double pulley technique is repeated for the other two suture limbs from the two medial anchors, but the two free suture limbs are used to produce suture bridges over the tendon, by means of a Pushlock (Arthrex, Naples, FL), placed 1 cm distal to the lateral edge of the footprint.

Confronted, the landlord would rig up a pulley system, open the trapdoors that closed the shaft on each floor and help them haul their possessions up by means of an ancient hydraulic winch.

A man in a chair raises his leg by means of chains and pulleys and briefly sets himself on fire.