Treadle
Treadle A treadle is a part of a machine which ... be used to power water pumps. - see Treadle Pump
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Treadle Pump
Treadle Pump The treadle pump is a human-powered pump designed ... depth of seven meters or less. A treadle is lever device pressed by the foot ... machine, in this case a pump. The treadle pump can do most of the work ... draw water from lakes and rivers. Most treadle pumps used are of local manufacture, ...
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Tropical agriculture
... vary depending upon what is being grown. Treadle pumps The treadle pump is a human-powered pump designed ... depth of seven meters or less. A treadle is lever device pressed by the foot ... machine, in this case a pump. The treadle pump can do most of the work ... draw water from lakes and rivers. Most treadle pumps used are of local manufacture, ...
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Polelathe
... pole as a return spring for a treadle. Pressing the treadle with your foot pulls on a cord ... out on the down stroke of the treadle, the spring of the pole only being sufficient to return the treadle to the raised position ready for the ...
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Spinning wheel
... is turned by hand or by a treadle (a foot pedal) (or other motivation, such ... linen; saxony and upright wheels, all-purpose treadle driven wheels used to spin worsted-spun ... adjusting a drive band (as on a treadle-driven wheel), all that is required is ... that it is less efficient than a treadle-driven wheel because one has to stop ...
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Talk:Spinning wheel
... great wheel doesn't have a foot treadle, you use one hand to keep the ... terminology might come from the time when treadle wheels had very small orifices so were ... to distinguish the great wheel from a treadle for 'flax' wheel. There is an element ...
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Sewing machine
... work clamp. History of the sewing machine Treadle-powered Singer sewing machine and stand Before ... manufacturers using ideas covered in his patent. Treadle-powered Singer sewing machine Isaac Merritt Singer ... suggested he patent the foot pedal (or treadle) used to power some of his machines ...
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Dictionary of the terms of elementary mathematics   (translated from Russian)
... BccD+\.angle DAB&.lt;/.math&.gt;. podernaya (treadle) Let &.lt;.matyu&.gt;.A_y.B_y&.lt ... lt;/.matyu&.gt; they call podernym (or treadle) by the triangle of the point of ... of podernogo triangle is called podernoy (or treadle) by circle. the circle of the similarity ...
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St Albans Branch Line
... crossing outside Watford North operated by a treadle and a manual plunger for trains towards St Albans, and by a treadle for trains towards Watford Junction. The service ...
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Antique Tools
... braces, axes, saws, patented planes, transitional planes, treadle-powered machines, etc. Tools of a specific ...
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