Example Sentences

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The "reverse" is accomplished by raising a long pinion, 7, which lies in the gear-box under 5 and 6.

From How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Williams, Archibald

It did seem like a bad dream, but a peep at the gear-box showed me it was real enough.

From The Car of Destiny by Both, Armand

We now come to a very interesting detail of the motor car, the gear-box.

From How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Williams, Archibald

"There's a cog missing somewhere, or my mental gear-box is out of shape."

From One Wonderful Night A Romance of New York by Tracy, Louis

He'd been working like a demon, said they, opening the gear-box and dismounting the main shaft.

From The Car of Destiny by Both, Armand