The first four ships were equipped with a pair of steam turbines on the center shafts, without reversing gear.
After 1903, a 36 feet frame with a longer overhang at the front end was introduced and steam reversing gear fitted.
"The wall won't recede & I have no reverse gears.
Curt Flood, the Cardinals' stellar center fielder, misjudging the ball's carry, started in, then reversed gears and slipped on the grass as the ball sailed over his head.
Using a complicated series of gears, the car was driven using a 12-speed controller, which had six forward gears, two reverse gears and four gears with which to brake the car.
After flooding the economy with dollars, the Federal Reserve tries to reverse gears, but, alas, prices spiral out of control and the dollar collapses on foreign exchange markets.
Downward pressure on Treasury yields will result when the Fed reverses gears and eases once housing is clearly in retreat and a recession is evident.
The average junk bond fund lost 1.5% in June when investors reversed gears and pulled $1.6 billion from high-yield mutual and exchange-traded funds.
The transmission had four forward gears and four reverse gears.
The gearbox was an AMX 5-SD-200D, with five forward gears and five reverse gears.
