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Discover LudwigThe word "crank-operated" is correct and usable in written English
You could use the term when referring to an object that is powered by the manual rotation of a crank handle, such as a generator, machine, or jack. For example: "The old-fashioned sewing machine was crank-operated."
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A crank-operated steel sunroof provides some relief on hot days.
Agricola's illustrations show many types of pumps for mine drainage: crank-operated, treadmill-operated, and waterpower-operated.
Somewhere among the stuffed animals and fire logs, the bellows, copper kettles, hatchets and adzes, the powder horn, horse skull, snowshoes, sleds, razor strop, ox-yoke chandelier and crank-operated washing machine are Rob Schleifer's 21st-century necessities.
Mr. Ortiz-Patiño has also consigned crank-operated 1860s machines (about $40,000 each) for stamping dimples on golf balls, and ceramic plates depicting aristocrats on the greens with their caddies (about $100 each).
September 12 , 1818Maney's Neck, North Carolina February 26 , 1903New York City, New York Richard Jordan Gatling, (born September 12 , 1818 Maney's Neck, North Carolina, U.S. died February 26 , 1903 New York, New York) American inventor best known for his invention of the Gatling gun, a crank-operated, multibarrel machine gun, which he patented in 1862.
A sales brochure for the '71 Vista Cruiser positions the vehicle as a true road-trip vessel, featuring 11 windows — including crank-operated vent panes — a so-called observation roof and a tailgate that drops down or swings on a vertical hinge.
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Before the introduction of sound, the film and intermittent were driven by a crank operated by the cameraman.
Much like the Giphoscope, a tangible GIF-visualizer inspired by the Mutoscope from the 19th century, the Vinelodeon is a hand-crank operated device that allows users to fast-forward and rewind a Vine clip, not unlike a flipbook.
The Aladdinpower ($59.95) is a hand-operated crank that can recharge most makes of cellphones and anything else using rechargeable batteries.
In handcycling, three-wheeled machines couple specially designed aerodynamic wheels and multispeed gearing to hand-operated cranks, with legless riders like Zanardi seated snugly, upright, in carbon-fiber farings.
It takes power from a hand-operated crank.
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