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Flywheel   /flˈaɪwˌil/   Listen
Flywheel

noun
1.
Regulator consisting of a heavy wheel that stores kinetic energy and smooths the operation of a reciprocating engine.



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"Flywheel" Quotes from Famous Books



... blowpipe and small foot blower, heat a short length of locomotive boiler tube to a brazing heat on the table; and, in conclusion, will convert the table into a small foundry. I cannot cast you a flywheel for a factory engine; so will try at something smaller, and will reproduce a medallion portrait of Her Majesty, in cast iron, the original of which is silver, commonly valued at half a crown. From the time I light the furnace until I turn you out the finished casting I shall perhaps keep ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885 • Various


Words linked to "Flywheel" :   governor, regulator


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