cyclometer
Americannoun
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an instrument that measures circular arcs.
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a device for recording the revolutions of a wheel and hence the distance traversed by a wheeled vehicle; odometer.
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Whenever the rider tired, he could descend—comfortably at home again—and examine the cyclometer to see how far he had been.
From Marriage by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
The log worked on the same principal as a bicycle cyclometer.
From A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" by Doubleday, Russell
The distance from Sivas is four and a quarter miles by the cyclometer; this is the first time it has ever been measured.
From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran by Stevens, Thomas
Franklin, Benjamin, home of, a tavern, 53; quoted, 69-70; on sign-board, 152; at tavern, 195; secures wagons for Braddock’s Army, 242-243; milestones of, 353; cyclometer of, 353.
From Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Earle, Alice Morse
An ordinary cyclometer is nothing but an arrangement for counting these revolutions, but it is graduated in such a manner that it gives at once the distance in miles.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various
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