hodometer

British

/ hɒˈdɒmɪtə /

noun

another name for odometer

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hodometry noun

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Hodometer, ho-dom′e-tėr, n. an instrument attached to the axle of a vehicle to register the revolutions of the wheels.

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As for the windlass and hodometer, they do, it is true, contain whole series of gears used in steps as a reduction mechanism, usually for an extraordinarily high ratio, but here the technical details are so etherial that one must doubt whether such devices were actually realized in practice.

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Hero hodometer and water clocks 2nd C., A.D.

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