speed gear
Americannoun
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Remarks.—The feature of this C.B. type, which distinguishes it from the Astra ships of about the same size, is the arrangement of the propellers and the use of a 2 speed gear in connection with these.
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A full roadster would have the handles a little higher relatively to the saddle, and would be provided with mud-guards, free-wheel and sometimes a gear-case and variable speed gear.
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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.
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Too often the school runs on low speed gear when it ought to be running on high.
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Instructions for using and adjusting Singer sewing machines 71-101 and 71-103 high speed, gear driven feed for making straight buttonholes, with square barred ends.
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