speed gear
Americannoun
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Instructions for using and adjusting Singer sewing machines 71-141 and 71-142 high speed, gear driven feed for making straight buttonholes.
From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1959 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
He took the wheel and threw in the low speed gear.
From The Motor Girls by Penrose, Margaret
I haven't used my high speed gear yet.
From Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout, or, the Speediest Car on the Road by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]
"At the turnpike junction," replied Cora as she deftly threw in the high speed gear, and that without the terrific grinding of the cogs that betrays the inexperienced hand.
From The Motor Girls by Penrose, Margaret
The action of the human motor is, however, so entirely different from that of a mechanical motor that it is easy, without practical experience, to over-estimate the value of a variable speed gear.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
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