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RATCHET-AND-PAWL MECHANISM

Specialty Definition: RATCHET-AND-PAWL MECHANISM

DomainDefinition

Mining

A cogwheel (ratchet) with which a single pivoted catch (pawl) engages,thereby preventing any backward turning. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: RATCHET-AND-PAWL MECHANISM


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 41 54 43 48 45 54 2D 41 4E 44 2D 50 41 57 4C      4D 45 43 48 41 4E 49 53 4D

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01000001 01010100 01000011 01001000 01000101 01010100 00101101 01000001 01001110 01000100 00101101 01010000 01000001 01010111 01001100 00100000 01001101 01000101 01000011 01001000 01000001 01001110 01001001 01010011 01001101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#65 &#84 &#67 &#72 &#69 &#84 &#45 &#65 &#78 &#68 &#45 &#80 &#65 &#87 &#76 &#32 &#77 &#69 &#67 &#72 &#65 &#78 &#73 &#83 &#77

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0041 0054 0043 0048 0045 0054 002D 0041 004E 0044 002D 0050 0041 0057 004C      004D 0045 0043 0048 0041 004E 0049 0053 004D

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

523554374239541535483815503557462473937423548435347

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