Reels
[ri:lz]
Examples
- The receiving instrument at the other end of the line was constructed upon much the same general lines as the transmitter, consisting of a metallic drum and reels for the paper tape. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- After being twisted the strands are wound around reels in readiness for the second, or laying process. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Insulated wires were wound upon reels, two men and a mule detailed to each reel. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A wedding at home means five and six-handed reels by the hour; and they do a man's legs no good when he's over forty. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- In this the full reels are lifted by overhead chains and are placed in the vertical flyers of the laying-machine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The reels upon which the film is wound are mounted above and below--the upper is the feed reel and the lower is the take-up reel. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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