Wheel speed sensor — [ head unit.] Wheel speed sensors or vehicle speed sensors (VSS) are sender devices used for reading the speed of the vehicle s wheel rotation. It usually consists of a toothed ring and pickup. Special purpose speed sensors Rotary speed sensors… … Wikipedia
Wheel train (horology) — In horology, a wheel train (or just train) is the gear train of a mechanical watch or clock.[1] Although the term is used for other types of gear trains, the long history of mechanical timepieces has created a traditional terminology for their… … Wikipedia
Bicycle wheel — For the Marcel Duchamp installation, see Bicycle Wheel. The front wheel from a racing bicycle made using a Mavic rim … Wikipedia
Jupiter Ferris Wheel — The Jupiter Ferris Wheel is a large transportable Ferris wheel, predominantly set up in medium sized funfairs. It was built in 1993 by Nauta Bussink, has a diameter of 50 meters, and carries 36 open cars with a capacity of 6 persons per car. The… … Wikipedia
Water wheel — This article is about the machine for converting energy of flowing or falling water. For paddle wheels used to propel watercraft, see paddle wheel ship. For wheels used solely to lift water, see Noria. For factories or industries driven by water… … Wikipedia
Pelton wheel — The Pelton wheel is among the most efficient types of water turbines. It was invented by Lester Allan Pelton (1829 1908) in the 1870s, and is an impulse machine, meaning that it uses the principle of Newton s second law to extract energy from a… … Wikipedia
Falkirk Wheel — The Falkirk Wheel is a rotating boat lift connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal. It is named after the nearby town of Falkirk in central Scotland. The difference in the levels of the two canals at the wheel is convert|24|m,… … Wikipedia
Bogie — This article is about wheeled wagons and trolleys. For Bogey, see Bogie (disambiguation). US style railroad truck with journal bearings in journal boxes … Wikipedia
Wheelbase — In both road and rail vehicles, the wheelbase is the distance between the centers of the front and rear wheels. Road In automobiles, the wheelbase is the horizontal distance between the center of the front wheel, and the center of the rear wheel … Wikipedia
Fly system — Fly loft of the Theater Bielefeld in Germany A fly system, flying system or theatrical rigging system, is a system of lines (e.g. ropes), blocks (pulleys), counterweights and related devices within a theatre that enable a stage crew to quickly,… … Wikipedia
Einheitsdampflokomotive — The German term Einheitsdampflokomotive, sometimes shortened to Einheitslokomotive or Einheitslok , means standard steam locomotive and refers to the steam engines built in Germany after 1925 under the direction of the Deutsche Reichsbahn… … Wikipedia