Sentence examples for mechanical winch from inspiring English sources

MOSCOW — Russian officials on Wednesday retrieved the largest fragment so far of a meteor that exploded in February over the city of Chelyabinsk, but as divers and a mechanical winch lifted it from the bottom of a lake, the rock broke into three pieces, and then broke the scale — literally — when all together it weighed in at more than 1,250 pounds.

Air is provided with pumps, and mechanical winches drag trains of jerry cans over the smooth clay surface of the tunnel floor and lift items up the 12-metre shaft to the surface.

The first nontorsion artillery (i.e., artillery using mechanical means to winch back, by means of a ratchet, a bow of unusual solidity but of a basically conventional conception) is attested from the Sicily of that period.

One of the most original and fascinating high-end "alternative" mechanical watch movements was the winch operated Tourbillon Vertical developed by Swiss Cabestan.

In order to make the winches fully operational, a redesign of the mechanical structure was performed.

Mechanical force was applied using a pulling device that consisted of a winch mounted on a metal frame that sat on the river bank, and from which a cable, with attached load cell, was connected to the stem of a S. erectum plant.

When these lines are wrapped around a winch (in a clockwise direction), a sailor can turn the winch with a winch handle, providing mechanical advantage which makes it easier to bring in the lines.

There is also a winch.

Ture L. Johnson - Correspondence - F.E. Winch, Jr. Ernest Johnson - Meteorologist - Weather Broadcasting - Maple Syrup - Correspondence F.E. Winch, Jr. Stow Manufacturing Company - Correspondence - F.E. Winch, Jr. Charles F. Hager, Sec.

The front bumper houses a Warn winch.

New York Maple Producers Association - Correspondence - F.E. Winch, Jr. Lloyd Sipple - Correspondence - F.E. Winch, Jr. Irvington Varnish and Insulator Div.