Sentence examples for on counterweight from inspiring English sources

Open image in new window Fig. 4 Forces exerted on counterweight.

The vertical lift also relies on counterweights; the entire bridge roadway is elevated by counterweights and machinery in two towers.

Along comes lover boy, and he sits down on the counterweight and takes her in his arms!" "It wasn't me!" Fyodorov said.

You should be content on the counterweight of a crane 400 feet above the street, or skanking along a sewer 10 yards under the asphalt.

Vehicles would climb out of the gravity well along a cable anchored to the equator and held under tension by centrifugal force on a counterweight tens of thousands of kilometers high.

The forces on the counterweight are shown in Fig. 4.

Enjoy this quick run through of some of the basic features and a bit of time spent on the counterweight.

(One touching story came from a man who was employed as a labourer to stand on a pipe to counterweight it while it was set level. For two days).

Another report on the incident provided by IPT/University of São Paulo blamed the accident on the counterweights being heavier than what was specified on the rigging plan.

These fears are especially prominent in France, which has long relied on Britain as a counterweight to its powerful neighbor.

Buchanan has long served as a Republican counterweight during on-air political debates at MSNBC, which over the past year has added more Republicans to the mix, including former Republican National Committee chief Michael Steele and 2008 McCain campaign manager Steve Schmidt.