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Definition of Pulleys
1. pulley [n] - See also: pulley
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pulleys
Literary usage of Pulleys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1915)
"large line of sash-pulleys especially adapted to their sash-ribbon, ... These pulleys
differ from the side-pulleys in that they are made to apply above the ..."
2. Appletons' Cyclopædia of Applied Mechanics: A Dictionary of Mechanical by Appleton, firm, publishers, New York (1880)
"For designing of pulleys, see BELTS. Belt-pulleys, once made entirely of wood,
... In this country, pulleys, except for special eases or when of very large ..."
3. Mechanism by Robert McArdle Keown (1912)
"Belting may be divided into two general classes, flat and round; the former is
used on pulleys with faces that are cylindrical or nearly so, and the latter ..."
4. Belt Conveyors and Belt Elevators by Frederic Valerius Hetzel (1922)
"Patents have been issued on pulleys with projecting cleats or buttons and on pulley
... Elevator Head pulleys are sometimes made split, that is, in halves, ..."
5. Mechanism by Robert McArdle Keown (1921)
"Belting may be divided into two general classes, flat and round; the former is
used on pulleys with faces that are cylindrical or nearly so, and the latter ..."
6. Mechanism by Robert McArdle Keown (1921)
"When two pulleys are connected by an inelastic belt of no appreciable thickness,
all parts of the belt and the surfaces of the pulleys have the same linear ..."
7. An Introduction to Natural Philosophy: Designed as a Text-book, for the Use by Denison Olmsted (1854)
"Movable pulleys may be arranged according to several different systems, ...
It must be further observed that in using any system of movable pulleys, ..."
8. A Manual of Applied Mechanics by William John Macquorn Rankine (1872)
"Bands, or wrapping connectors, for communicating motion between pulleys or drums
rotating about fixed axes, or between rotating pulleys and drums and ..."
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