10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THOLEPIN»
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tholepin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Delphi Complete Works of Aristotle (Illustrated)
endof theoar which iswithin the ship travelsforward whenthe oar is supported
against thesea,and the ship being fastened to the tholepin travels forward in the
same directionas the end of the oar. The ship must be thrust forward most at the ...
2
A comprehensive Indonesian-English Dictionary
2 berserk, menjadi ~ to go berserk. 3 bewildered, confused. kekalapan 1
confusion. 2 bewilderment. kalar (E ob) a collar. kalas I tholepin, rattan rowlock.
mengalas to put (an oar) into the tholepin. terkalas placed in the tholepin. kalas II
habis ...
3
Official gazette of the United States Patent Office
In an oar mounting including a socket member for attachment to the gunwale of •
boat and having therein a cylindrical bearing opening, a yoke for supporting •□
oar, and a tholepin projecting from the lower end of said yoke and extending ...
United States. Patent Office, 1958
4
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
... and a tholepin projecting from the lower end of said yoke and extending axially
into said bearing opening, the improvement comprising an annular ballbearing
assembly supported within the socket member at the upper end of said opening ...
The reamer makes easy work of matching the hole to the tholepin. Here it tapers
the hole for the after pin. The cut-off tip of the saw blade, shoved through the kerf
above the cutting blade, controls the depth of cut — to increase the depth, push ...
6
Pilot Whaling in the Faroe Islands: History, Ethnography, Symbol
... as thick as a finger, and these are used as cord to secure the oar to the
tholepin.” (Svabo 1779, 51). You could also use the skin from the whale's front
flipper as grummets, which were used to secure the oar to the tholepin (Svabo
1959, 80) ...
7
The Last Canyon: A Novel
Below him, Bill Dunn with the tholepin in his hand looked startled as a baby laid
on his back. Wes turned to signal the others left, as far left as possi- ble, but he
had to hang on and couldn't use his flag. It was all body language—head butts, ...
8
Engineering in the Ancient World
The Greek word for 'tholepin' was kleis, meaning 'key', and where they are shown
in illustrations, they are shaped as were early keys, like an inverted L. Ancient
writers on mechanics refer to the tholepin as the fulcrum in their lever analogies.
9
The Battle of Salamis: The Naval Encounter That Saved Greece ...
On a trireme, the oar pivoted on an upright, wooden peg called a tholepin. The
oar was held in place by a leather strap, sewn into a loop, the oarloop. The
oarloop held the oar tightly against the tholepin. After constant use, the oarloops
tended ...
Linchpin and tholepin are more regular, but their first elements are fossils. In
other compounds the parts bear a clearer relation to the whole, but appropriate
underlying structures, if we must devise them, are ad hoc and even comic.
Readers ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THOLEPIN»
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Trawlers waste 104 tons of Alaska halibut -- in one week
An anonymous blogger who goes by the name of Tholepin has been hitting back hard at the powerful economic interests that largely run the North Pacific ... «The Spokesman Review, Oct 11»
Crown Point Dory
Fitted with tholepins, she rows without fuss, with one or two persons at the oars." From Shop to water. Crown Point boats were sold and sailed up and down the ... «Wrightsville Beach Magazine, May 11»
