Paddle wheels are sometimes provided with cast iron floats to act as counterweights to some unbalanced part of the engine.
Gasometers whose height is greater than their semi-diameter, are not only more costly in the construction, but require heavier counterweights and equilibration chains.
After showing the chairs and placing the glass plate upon them, the performer picks up the folded part of the cabinet and places it on the glass, the counterweights overcoming the extra weight of the concealed assistant.
The counterweights are usually encased, to minimize the danger of accident in case the rope breaks.
The load is usually relieved bycounterweights which are placed against the wall.
This is a huge wooden affair hung up with ropes with counterweights attached.
The counterweights were pivoted on the crank cheeks.
It consisted of having the counterweights flexibly mounted instead of being rigidly bolted, as was common practice.
Powerful compression springs absorbed the maximum impulses by permitting the counterweightsto lag slightly, yet forced them to travel precisely with the crank cheeks at all other times.
The design was an orthodox straight pin and cheek combination and, as previously noted, there were no counterweights to complicate the machining or assembly.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "counterweights" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
