A simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope.
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1 See that new cell block they're building right beside the golf course?
2 This silver block with attached chain is a good case in point.
3 However, block liner trains, which are booked by individual companies, will continue.
4 Further controls allow people to block particular tracking systems while allowing others.
5 On Sunday Austria's foreign minister threatened to block EU negotiations with Turkey.
1 You must lower me down in the basket attached to the pulley .
2 The result will be the number of revolutions of the driven pulley
3 You tried that problem 12 times; tweaked your finger, pulled a pulley .
4 The prisoners are fed by means of two baskets on a pulley .
5 Remove the bearing on the pulley side, and enlarge the hole slightly.
1 Grumbling, Ryuji went into the store and grabbed rope, a bucket, a shovel, a pulley block , and a high-powered flashlight.
2 To the pulley block is swiveled a hook, to be hooked into a loop, attached to the forward end of a lever.
3 To the ring-rope round the opening in the awning, over the middle of the arena, had been fastened a big, strong, pulley block .
4 They hoisted the hammer again-fourmen hauling on pulley blocks did the hoisting-andlet her go again.
5 The steamer loomed in the gloom and when Kit shouted there was a rattle of pulley blocks and a splash of oars.
6 The wheels were taken from light pulley blocks and stove bolts were purchased from a local hardware store to accurately fit the hubs.
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