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Definition of Capstans
1. capstan [n] - See also: capstan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Capstans
Literary usage of Capstans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1861)
"By the use of pulleys and muffles the number of men and capstans may be reduced
one-half or a quarter. The results here shown indicate the force necessary ..."
2. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, Charles Robert Cross, John Trowbridge, Samuel Kneeland, George Bliss (1861)
"By the use of pulleys and muffles the number of men and capstans may be reduced
one-half or a quarter. The results here shown indicate the force necessary ..."
3. Hydraulic Power and Hydraulic Machinery by Henry Robinson (1904)
"HYDRAULIC capstans. The production of a simple hydraulic rotary engine led to
its application to capstans, several forms of which have been introduced. ..."
4. Hydraulic Power and Hydraulic Machinery by Henry Robinson (1893)
"HYDRAULIC capstans. The production of a simple hydraulic rotary engine led to
its application to capstans, several forms of which have been introduced. ..."
5. Contemporary Memoirs of Russia, from the Year 1727-1744 by Cristof Hermann Manstein (1856)
"... way the cannon were hauled over by heaving on capstans. This campaign is
unquestionably the most glorious and the most fortunate that the Russian arms ..."
6. Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences: Being Record of the Progress by William Newton, Charles Frederick Partington (1837)
"8, represents one of the improved capstans, as seen in elevation: fig. 9, is a
horizontal top view of the same; a, is a perpendicular cylindrical shaft, ..."
7. Marine Engineers' Handbook by Frank W (Ed Sterling (1920)
"... of Steering Gears 1219 Steering Gear Control 1322 Windlasses 1230 Cargo Winche.
1234 Electric Winches 1241 Warping Winches 1343 capstans 1242 ..."
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