Axle
['æks(ə)l] or ['æksl]
Definition
(n.) The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.
(n.) A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.
(n.) An axis; as, the sun's axle.
Checker: Noelle
Definition
n. the pin or rod in the nave of a wheel on which the wheel turns: a pivot or support of any kind; the imaginary line of ancient cosmographers on which a planet revolved.—adj. Ax′led.
Edited by Fergus
Examples
- Such an arrangement is equivalent to wheel and axle (Fig. 112); the capstan used on shipboard for raising the anchor has the same principle. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- For example, in a wheel and axle of radii 20 and 4, respectively, a given weight at _P_ would balance 5 times as great a load at _W_. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Brackets of cast iron, for holding the axle to the floor, are made in the foundry. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The front axle rests on the floor, and the rear axle rests against the opposite wall near the top of the car. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A block, with a hole which just fits the axle, holds it against the wall. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The wheel and axle consists of a large wheel and a small axle so fastened that they rotate together. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- This accident demonstrated that some other method of connecting the armature with the driven axle should be arranged. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In 1855 Ernst Michaux, a French locksmith, applied, for the first time, the foot cranks and pedals to the axle of the drive wheel. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It had one horizontal cylinder, which was placed in the rear of the hind axle, together with the boiler and the furnace-box. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The hind axle constituted the rear member of the frame and the front axle was swiveled at its center to the front end of the hollow square, in which the motor and countershaft were placed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In following the final assembly line from the point where the chain conveyor engages the frame and axles, the visitor is impressed with the dispatch with which every movement is executed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The motor was located in the front part of the locomotive, on its side, with the armature shaft across the frames, or parallel with the driving axles. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The axles are continually moving through this oven, and at the expiration of about forty-five minutes emerge from the far end completely baked. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Second, that my axles, I believe, will be sufficiently strong to run the engine to her full power. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It is useful for the making of chains, tools, carriage axles, joining shafting, wires, and pipes, mending bands, tires, hoops, and lengthening and shortening bolts, bars, etc. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He also found a new method of lubricating his carriage axles, his spring frames, the buffers, and the brakes he had built for the trains. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The cylinders of those engines were vertical, and each of the four wheels acted propulsively on the rails by means of an endless chain running along cog-wheels fixed on the axles. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The other wire from this receiver is run down to one of the axles and there permanently connected, thus making a ground. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Editor: Pasquale