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Meanings of pulley in English

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A tool, consisting of a set of wheels around which a rope is led, meant to lift or move a load more lightly.

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        Usage of pulley in English
        1
        You must lower me down in the basket attached to the pulley.
        Old Saint Paul's: A Tale of the Plague and the Fire
        2
        The result will be the number of revolutions of the driven pulley
        Practical Mechanics for Boys
        3
        You tried that problem 12 times; tweaked your finger, pulled a pulley.
        Rock and Ice Magazine
        4
        The prisoners are fed by means of two baskets on a pulley.
        Wired
        5
        Remove the bearing on the pulley side, and enlarge the hole slightly.
        Things To Make
        6
        Hundreds of oxygen tanks and other supplies are brought in by pulley.
        The Guardian
        7
        When the cord is passed over pulley C, as shown in Fig.
        The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
        8
        Still humming, he took out the second pulley and nailed it up.
        Carrie
        9
        He is even credited with being the discoverer of the compound pulley.
        A History of Science — Volume 1
        10
        There is a pulley system rigged near the end of the ship.
        Monster Hunter International
        11
        It was a basic pulley system with a couple of windlass machines.
        Blameless
        12
        A three meter pulley was placed upon the shaft of the wheel.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884
        13
        Micah eyed the fragile-looking pulley in the rafters holding everything in place.
        The story of cirrus flux
        14
        Lowered on a pulley, a scaffold took down a crew of five.
        Nova
        15
        In the meantime the actors were hoisted into the treetop by pulley.
        Conquest of the Useless
        16
        First comes the derrick, sixty feet high, crowned by a massive pulley.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 388, June 9, 1883
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