Sentence examples for series of levers from inspiring English sources

The pressure may be created by a spring or a series of levers locked in position by the wedging action of a conical spool.

In 1720 Celestin Hochbrucker, a Bavarian, attached the hooks to a series of levers in the forepillar (which thenceforth became hollow), controlled by seven pedals.

The three auditory ossicles form a series of levers that serve mechanically to increase the amplitude of sound waves reaching the tympanic membrane, or eardrum, produced as disturbances of the air.

Instead, the engineers went with a series of levers, springs, and pulleys to amplify the movements of their operator.

It says it currently buys about 3percentt of the domestic box office, but when it tweaked some things in its app – things it only described as "a series of levers within its app and marketing-based platform" (uh-huh) – it could move the needle even further.

The rats were trained to pull a series of levers to receive a reward; the monkeys performed more complicated memory tasks using a computer screen.

Male Long Evans rats were trained to make a series of lever-press responses once each day that resulted in access to a sipper tube spout containing 10% ethanol for 20 min. Three doses of remoxipride were tested: 5.0, 10.0, and 15.0 mg/kg (–30 min, i.p).

He also spoke about his other work, not least his now well-known drawing machine 'Hector', which uses a script - and a series of pulleys, levers and string - to program the movements, and sprays, of a can of paint.

The vibrator was mounted on an isolated rigid trunnion (Gearing and Watson, T4), in turn attached to a series of adjustable levers allowing the vibrator to be positioned at a range of heights and orientations.

They were rendered unable to distinguish the consequences after a series of consecutive lever pressings and showed a profound and enduring loss of efficiency.

An experimental run consisted of a series of three behaviors: lever holding, detection, and discrimination.