Examples of 'hand-cranked' in a sentence
Meaning of "hand-cranked"
hand-cranked (verb) - operated by turning a crank or handle manually. This phrase is used in the context of machinery or devices that require manual cranking to function
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The appearance of a hand-cranked diesel vehicle.
A hand-cranked bicycle or handcycle is driven by arms and hands.
As well as this hand-cranked corn sheller.
Hand-cranked magneto generators were used to provide ringing current in telephone systems.
We would put them in these hand-cranked sharpeners.
Hand-cranked awnings are still available, but motorized awnings are now most common.
Propulsion was provided by a hand-cranked screw propeller.
Do you have a hand-cranked hospital bed at home that frustrates you on a daily basis?
The roller at the top may be hand-cranked or motorized.
It had a hand-cranked cylinder with a set of teeth that meshed with counting wheels.
It was powered by a horse at that time, with music provided by a hand-cranked organ.
The camera can be hand-cranked with a manual crank accessory.
These instrument had no dials, and signalling consisted of a hand-cranked magneto generator.
Most drum carders are hand-cranked but some are powered by an electric motor.
As gas and diesel engines became available they replaced the hand-cranked winder.
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Newer technology includes hand-cranked radios which provide power without batteries.
Hand-cranked Lister diesel engines were used in many early dumpers.
Some versions added a wooden stand with a hand-cranked mechanism to spin the disc.
O Various hand-cranked seed broadcasters are available for surface broadcasting of seed.
They were rotated by electric motors, but the guns were hand-cranked to elevate and depress.
Do you need a hand-cranked or a motorized lift?
When necessary the First Officer helped the submarine crew to turn the hand-cranked propeller.
If the tanks are very deep, workers use hand-cranked gauging tapes to make their measurements.
At present, the engine needs to be hand-cranked.
And making animation films there with a hand-cranked Pathé camera using tiny animated sculptures.
The hand-cranked machines were light, portable, easy to use, and suitable for homes without electricity.
Crossing over to the site requires taking a hand-cranked ferry across the Mopan River.
The hand-cranked machine.
You can cross the Mopan River in a hand-cranked ferry boat.
We had a hand-cranked record player.
There was something they wanted, a hand-cranked generator.
As time passed, the hand-cranked machines became powered by electricity.
Self-charging capability via solar power or hand-cranked dynamo.
Sure beats a hand-cranked mimeograph.
Hiram Maxim 's automatic machine gun was a significant improvement over the then-current hand-cranked models.
Nordenfelt gun, similar hand-cranked machine gun.
The Type 1 cars were the only MAX cars whose rollsigns were hand-cranked.
In fact, it was the hand-cranked engine that saved the day.
With two part-time secretarial assistants, MEED was produced on a hand-cranked Ronco printing machine.
It was to be powered by three hand-cranked propellers, which required the labor of 80 men.
Dickson left Edison 's company to produce the mutoscope, a form of hand-cranked peep-show movie machine.
Some solar-powered or hand-cranked radios may also be used to charge cell phones.
The reel should not sound like you're using a hand-cranked coffee grinder.
Turn on your battery-powered, hand-cranked or car radio and listen for broadcast emergency instructions.
This technique involves using grease-based ink, water and a hand-cranked press to produce the images.
A hand-cranked example survives in Seville, Spain.
The film was shot with a hand-cranked camera, often in extreme climate.
Hand-cranked propellers provided a verticle and horizontal movement with a speed of 4.8km/h.
I guess I'll just have to do hand-cranked ice cream for you.
The original hand-cranked magneto phone was replaced with a payphone in the 1960s.
