Sentence examples for system of gears from inspiring English sources

By the mid-19th century, water turbines were widely used to drive sawmills and textile mill equipment, often through a complex system of gears, shafts, and pulleys.

Automobiles are steered by a system of gears and linkages that transmit the motion of the steering wheel to the pivoted front wheel hubs.

It can seem like a metaphor for inefficiency, but its source is an ancient Chinese vehicle equipped with a system of gears that kept the statue facing south, regardless of the cart's direction.

A steering wheel physically turns the front wheels through an elaborate system of gears and rods, and a brake pedal physically stops the wheels through a system of hydraulic cylinders and cables.

Put as simply as possible, CVTs eliminate traditional four- or five-speed automatic gearboxes and in their place utilize a system of gears and belts that, seamlessly, spread the power use out more efficiently.

It was rotated by four men via a system of gears; 2.25 minutes were required for a full 360° rotation.

Cocoon Innovations is best known for their Grid-It system of gear control.

In this research, the measurement and adjustment method of gear assembly condition and an in-situ observation system of gear condition are proposed, that are appropriately designed for micro gears.

While at M.I.T., he worked with Dr. Vannevar Bush on one of the early calculating machines, the "differential analyzer," which used a precisely honed system of shafts, gears, wheels and disks to solve equations in calculus.

But unlike most magicians, he is willing to reveal his secrets — in this case, the trick is seen through a crystal case-back that shows the hands rotating on transparent discs, driven by a covert system of miniature gears.

This is a very different arrangement from a standard automatic, which uses a more complex system of "planetary" gears, and transmits power to the wheels through a torque converter, a hefty piece of kit that takes the place of a clutch.