hand-cranked inertia starter — A starter for a large aircraft reciprocating engine. The hand crank drives a flywheel, which spins at a high speed. Once sufficient flywheel inertia is built up, the hand crank is disconnected and the flywheel is coupled to the engine crankshaft… … Aviation dictionary
Hand-held camera — or hand held shooting is a film and video technique in which a camera is literally held in the camera operator s hands as opposed to being placed on a tripod. The result is an image that is perceptibly shakier than that of a tripod mounted camera … Wikipedia
hand troll — lures or baited hooks trolled from a boat, set and retrieved by hand or by a hand cranked device (no powered machinery) … Dictionary of ichthyology
hand drill — noun a small portable drill held and operated by hand • Syn: ↑handheld drill • Hypernyms: ↑drill * * * noun 1. : a small portable drilling machine resembling a breast drill but designed to be held and operated by hand 2. : a primitive drill… … Useful english dictionary
Crank (mechanism) — A crank is an arm attached at right angles to a rotating shaft by which reciprocating motion is imparted to or received from the shaft. It is used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. The arm may be … Wikipedia
motion picture — motion picture, adj. 1. a sequence of consecutive pictures of objects photographed in motion by a specially designed camera (motion picture camera) and thrown on a screen by a projector (motion picture projector) in such rapid succession as to… … Universalium
submarine — n. /sub meuh reen , sub meuh reen /; adj., v. /sub meuh reen /, n., adj., v., submarined, submarining. n. 1. a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles. 2.… … Universalium
Ice cream — For other uses, see Ice cream (disambiguation). Ice cream or gelato in Rome, Italy … Wikipedia
H. L. Hunley (submarine) — Drawing of the H. L. Hunley. Based on a photograph taken in 1863 by George S. Cook Career (C.S.A.) … Wikipedia
Magneto — For other uses, see Magneto (disambiguation). Demonstration hand cranked magneto A magneto is an electrical generator that uses permanent magnets to produce alternating current. Hand cranked magneto generators were used to provide ringing current … Wikipedia
