It split in the axles when he was making the linchpin holes, and the wheels had to be kept on by linchpins that were tied in; the wheels themselves split, and had to be strengthened by slats nailed across the rifts.
He whittled the axles out with his knife, and he made the hubs with it.
This cylinder revolves on two axles attached to it at diagonally opposite points.
Who knows that the Aurora Borealis and the Aurora Australis, lighting up the sky about the polar circles in the night-time, may not be the flashes from the glowing axles of the planet?
The conqueror whose hurry set on fire the axles of his chariot was no novelty.
The ceaseless humming of the fans revolving onaxles of hollow steel lulled our senses once more into dreamy repose.
Labor and glory and terror leap as thy thundering feet go by; thy axles burn with the steady sweep, till on wings of fire they fly!
Finally the police quelled the disturbance, and the "sharps" loaded up and drove out sixteen miles, to find their harness cut and their axles sawed off in the morning.
Some of the more primitive wagons had wheels made of cross sections of trees, trimmed and centered to roll on axles of wood.
The metal wheels and axles completed the circuit, throwing the signal to danger against following trains.
All axlesare toughened and annealed by a patented process, giving the strongest axle possible.
The capacity of this shop is 100 finished steel axles per day.
The axles were in a hopeless state, and the missing wheel was shattered into pieces.
The old ponton bridge was first strengthened to carry loads of 5 tons on each of two axles spaced 10 feet or more apart.
These weapons were so tremendous in weight when mounted as to require from 16 to 24 axles on the car to distribute the load and the recoil of firing within the limits of the strength of standard heavy railway track.
The axles and wheels were built by the International Harvester Co.
This wheel was turned by cords passing over nicely-balanced grooved wheels, the axles of which were carried on friction-rollers.
Where motions round an axis are required, I make the steam-vessels in form of hollow rings or circular channels, with proper inlets and outlets for the steam, mounted on horizontal axles like the wheels of a water-mill.
The cranked axle and the outside connection of the wheels, as specified in the patent, were not used until afterward, it having been found impossible to get the cranked axles made.
Connecting both truckaxles with an equalizing lever so that they acted in sympathy with each other also did much to prevent derailments on rough trackage.
Two transporting axles and trucks | In storeroom, at hand.
But at that period the mechanical skill of the country was not equal to forging cranked axles of the soundness and strength necessary to stand the jars incident to locomotive work.
Eventually the chain was laid aside, and the front and hind wheels were united by rods on the outside, instead of by rods and crank axles inside, as specified in the original patent.
The horses, whose reins the King slackened by bending towards the front of the car, rushed furiously forward, the wheels went round like whirlwinds, the brazen plates justled, the heatedaxles smoked.
Meanwhile Pharaoh's chariot flew over all obstacles, and the axlesof the wheels rayed the walls in the narrow lanes.
The carts pitched and wobbled, each with a gait of its own, over the rough, hard ground, the ungreased axles groaning and screeching in every key.
They muffled the axles of the two carts with strips torn from a ragged blanket, and carefully cased the vehicles over the edge of the coulee.
To the axles of the locomotive is attached firmly a flat, vertical plate, parallel to the sides of the fire-box.
But that it was worth while is evident from the small space in which a double-steering tractor can turn, thanks to both its axles being movable, and from the increased power.
Just then the coach gave an unexpected lurch to one side, and after much groaning and creaking of axles and springs it came to a standstill, and the citizen agent was heard cursing loudly and then scrambling down from the box.
They would have urged their horses on, but the wheels of the coaches stuck persistently in the mud, and now and again a halt had to be called so that the spokes and axles might be cleared.
The motion was conveyed from the pulley on the dynamo by means of a belt passing round a shaft fixed on movable bearings to regulate its tension, and thence to the axles by means of a flat chain of phosphor bronze.
High masts would have given the 'roller a tendency to capsize in a very strong wind, despite the weight of the axles and wheels.
Thick ropes of the tough rubber-like substance were tied to the ends of the axles and to the tops of the hull itself.
Green began feverishly tying the davit-ropes to the axles of the craft.
Suddenly, the vessel rocked as the wind caught it and a vibration through the floors announced that the big axles were turning, the huge wheels with their tires of chacorotr, a kind of rubber, were revolving.
Each engine is directly coupled to a generator that supplies direct current to the two traction motors, geared, respectively, to the front and rear axles of its corresponding truck.
The distance between the two main axles on the locomotive is just 5 feet, and the gauge is 56½ inches.
Each of the eight axlesis driven by its individual gearless motor.
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.
The Cossack waggons have their axles smeared with tar instead of grease.
Some attended to the tyres of the wheels, others changed the axles of the waggons; some carried sacks of provisions to them or leaded them with arms; others again drove up the horses and oxen.
The brass cleats on which the axles of the pumps work.
The two concentric brass rings, having their axles at right angles, by which a sea-compass is suspended in its box, so as to counteract the effect of the ship's motion.
The general idea of all the mountings I saw was narrow axles and high wheels, whereas, for all trekking purposes, it should be broad space between the wheels and low wheels.
Wheels and axles being a scratch lot, none in any of the batteries were interchangeable, which caused many times later in the campaign when wheels began to give out, much anxiety.
Then thus to both replied th' imperial god, Who shakes heav'n's axleswith his awful nod.
High on the waves his azure car he guides; Its axles thunder, and the sea subsides, And the smooth ocean rolls her silent tides.
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