Some French soldiers which we had on board, and who were stationed at the cranks of the pumps, let go of them, crossed themselves, and went to prayers.
I expect, at all events, a rapid effect, from four or five hundred turns of the cranks per minute.
On the axis of motion of this cylinder C, and outside of that A B, are fixed two cranks E F fig.
Conscientious cranks and blunderers are perhaps even more of a nuisance than out-and-out villains; they hurt every good cause they espouse and bring noble ideals into ridicule; they provoke discouragement and cynicism.
That such pitiless competition is moral, or desirable, no one but a fewcranks would on examination maintain.
England produces more than its proper percentage of cranks and poets; it may be taken that this is Nature's way of redressing the balance in a country where feelings are not shown, sentiments not expressed, and extremes laughed at.
Foreign policy debates in the House are usually the playground of cranks of all varieties, and the plain common-sense man seems to shrink from being vocal in such company.
Engine-cranks also, which at one time were made exclusively on the premises, are nearly all bought away from the town, and this was a second great loss to the shed.
All that remains is the manufacture of the less important details, such as connection rods and levers, with a few special or repair cranks now and then.
Moreover, the cranks were too long, and the slide-valve caused too much friction in the admission of steam into the cylinder.
As an example of circular shifting may be cited the motion of the coupling rod, by which the parallel and equal cranks upon two or more axles of a locomotive engine are connected and made to rotate simultaneously.
Its operation is as regular as that of an engine having twocranks adjusted at right angles.
That Jerrold's wit ran in a higher groove than mere verbal quips and cranks is proved by the retorts and epigrams that have been preserved and ticketed in cases like a collection of brilliant butterflies.
If the cylinders are made without screw-crossheads the pin of the cranks must be placed through the hole in the heads before riveting the cranks together.
The wood must be cut away under the square holes, to let the cranks work in.
The cranks are put on outside the wheels and fastened by keys, as in Fig.
Fit the cranks into the holes in them and screw on the caps.
Join the cranks together in pairs by riveting in these wires, being careful to keep the cranks at right angles to the shaft, and also to keep the several pieces of the shaft in the same straight line.
The cranks should be at right angles to each other, and the throw of the crank is to be half the distance of the cylinder stroke.
Place the shaft on the bearing-blocks in the position it will occupy, with the cranks over the holes in the bed-plate and with the longest end to the after end of it.
They were the nicest tit-bits of political noos which all the cranks have been reaching after.
He has a graft with every collection of cranks in England, and with all the geese that cackle about the liberty of the individual when the Boche is ranging about to enslave the world.
Cranks to drop his pistol, and retire precipitately backward, apologizing as he went.
The men at the cranks of the David, working with superhuman energy, fairly hurled the torpedo boat upon the doomed ship.
The bearings of thecranks and screws had been well oiled, and the David slipped through the water without a sound.
There was no sound in the shell save the slight creaking of the cranks and the deep breathing of the crew as they toiled over them.
Richards and his fellow-cranks were the forerunners of other bands of ignorant enthusiasts who in later years endeavoured to foist themselves upon the natives of the Pacific Islands and met with similar and well-merited disaster.
Cross-pieces can be bolted to the ends of the long timbers, and the cranks placed practically on the same timbers carrying the permanent way.
By this means the rails andcranks can always be maintained in their proper relative positions as to distance, line, and level.
For cranks working switches and bolt-locks, it is better to use extra long timbers under the rails instead of the ordinary sleepers.
Strong wrought-iron or steel cranks of different angles will be required when changing the direction of the rodding, or connecting to switches and facing point-locks.
While Flavy himself toiled with his hands, and tore at the cranks and chains, the Maid was taken under the eyes of us, who could not stir to help her.
There were four driving wheels four feet six inches in diameter, arranged with outside cranks for connecting parallel rods, but owing to the sharp curves on the road these rods were never used.
Because of the necessary arrangement of the cranks on the ends of the rear axle, it was entirely possible for the engine to stop on dead center.
In order to attach the pilot to the front axle, the outside rods and cranks connecting the front and back axles had to be permanently removed, thus reducing the number of drivers from four to two.
He had better waste a little money in cranksand eccentrics than in toffee and hard-bake.
Some cranks have maintained that the theory of gravitation alone does not explain the universe, that repulsion is as necessary as attraction in our economy.
Also at the Speedwell Iron Works were manufactured the first tires, axles and cranks of American locomotives and a part of the machinery of the "Savannah," the first steamship that crossed the ocean.
Types of Tub-thumpers But the various types of cranks always provide a psychological interest to the student of intellectual freakishness.
You can see there the crankiest of cranks being as cranky as they know how to be; and you can see also the utterly good-humoured indifference with which the crowds who listen to them regard their crankiness--which also has its meaning.
To the hind axle, which is very strong, and bent into two cranks of nine inches radius, at right angles to each other, is applied the propelling power by means of pistons from two horizontal cylinders.
So I came to equip myself with a better knowledge of the whole thing than the cranks who have taken it up.
If you do that, you will be like certain cranks from this country who come back and tell us there is no poverty in Meccania, there are no strikes, there is no disorder, no ignorance, no preventible disease.
These are the class that support the Bill; these are the men Mr. Gladstone and his conglomeration of cranks and faddists hope to satisfy.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cranks" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
