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Definition of Swivelling
1. swivel [v] - See also: swivel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swivelling
Literary usage of Swivelling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Railway: Its Construction, Development, Management, and Appliances by Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Thomas Curtis Clarke (1889)
"... by Stephenson's "Rocket" in—Early American Locomotives—Key to the Evolution
of the American Railway—Invention of the swivelling Truck, Equalizing Beams, ..."
2. Grinding Machinery by James J. Guest (1915)
"Taper Work by swivelling Work Table.—The Deadstock BB' and tailstock C are ...
This device of swivelling the table keeps the centres in line with one ..."
3. The Early Motive Power of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad by Joseph Snowden Bell (1912)
"The merits of the swivelling truck, which was never patented by Mr. Jervis, were
at once recognized, and the improvement applied, by builders and users of ..."
4. The Early Motive Power of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad by Joseph Snowden Bell (1912)
"... on the Saratoga & Schenectady Railway early in the following summer (1833)."
The merits of the swivelling truck, which was never patented by Mr. Jervis, ..."
5. Electric Traction: A Practical Handbook on the Application of Electricity as by John Hall Rider (1903)
"... Arm—The Trolley Mast—The Fixed Trolley Head—The swivelling Trolley Head—Insulation
of Trolley—Trolley in Use— Trolley Wheel—Posts—Erecting Posts—Bracket ..."
6. Electric Traction: A Practical Handbook on the Application of Electricity as by John Hall Rider (1903)
"... Trolley Head—The swivelling Trolley Head—Insulation of Trolley—Trolley in Use—
Trolley Wheel—Posts—Erecting Posts—Bracket Arms—Rosettes—Ears ..."
7. Argument of William Whiting, Esq., in the Case of Ross Winans V. Orsamus by William Whiting, Ross Winans, Orsamus Eaton (1853)
"The running gear, then already made, was as well adapted to running fast as slow.
The great step from the four-wheel car to the double swivelling trucks, ..."
8. The Railways of America: Their Construction, Development, Management, and by Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Thomas Curtis Clarke (1890)
"... by Stephenson's "Rocket" in—Early American Locomotives—Key to the Evolution
of the American Railway—Invention of the swivelling Truck, Equalizing Beams, ..."
9. The American Railway: Its Construction, Development, Management, and Appliances by Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Thomas Curtis Clarke (1889)
"... by Stephenson's "Rocket" in—Early American Locomotives—Key to the Evolution
of the American Railway—Invention of the swivelling Truck, Equalizing Beams, ..."
10. Grinding Machinery by James J. Guest (1915)
"Taper Work by swivelling Work Table.—The Deadstock BB' and tailstock C are ...
This device of swivelling the table keeps the centres in line with one ..."
11. The Early Motive Power of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad by Joseph Snowden Bell (1912)
"The merits of the swivelling truck, which was never patented by Mr. Jervis, were
at once recognized, and the improvement applied, by builders and users of ..."
12. The Early Motive Power of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad by Joseph Snowden Bell (1912)
"... on the Saratoga & Schenectady Railway early in the following summer (1833)."
The merits of the swivelling truck, which was never patented by Mr. Jervis, ..."
13. Electric Traction: A Practical Handbook on the Application of Electricity as by John Hall Rider (1903)
"... Arm—The Trolley Mast—The Fixed Trolley Head—The swivelling Trolley Head—Insulation
of Trolley—Trolley in Use— Trolley Wheel—Posts—Erecting Posts—Bracket ..."
14. Electric Traction: A Practical Handbook on the Application of Electricity as by John Hall Rider (1903)
"... Trolley Head—The swivelling Trolley Head—Insulation of Trolley—Trolley in Use—
Trolley Wheel—Posts—Erecting Posts—Bracket Arms—Rosettes—Ears ..."
15. Argument of William Whiting, Esq., in the Case of Ross Winans V. Orsamus by William Whiting, Ross Winans, Orsamus Eaton (1853)
"The running gear, then already made, was as well adapted to running fast as slow.
The great step from the four-wheel car to the double swivelling trucks, ..."
16. The Railways of America: Their Construction, Development, Management, and by Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Thomas Curtis Clarke (1890)
"... by Stephenson's "Rocket" in—Early American Locomotives—Key to the Evolution
of the American Railway—Invention of the swivelling Truck, Equalizing Beams, ..."
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