* Crank ( mechanism )

A Han-dynasty pottery model of two men operating a winnowing machine with a Crank ( mechanism ) | crank handle and a Trip hammer | tilt hammer used to pound grain.

The 3rd century mill is the earliest known machine to incorporate a Crank ( mechanism ) | crank and connecting rod mechanism.

The 3rd century mill is the earliest known machine to incorporate a Crank ( mechanism ) | crank and connecting rod mechanism.

Scheme of the Roman Empire | Roman Hierapolis sawmill, the earliest known machine to combine a connecting rod with a Crank ( mechanism ) | crank.

The piston is on the left, the Crank ( mechanism ) | crank is mounted on the flywheel axle on the right.

* Crank ( mechanism )

Rare Roman Crank ( mechanism ) | crank handle, excavated at Augusta Raurica

He was the co-host and co-creator of the television program The Man Show ( 1999 – 2004 ), and the co-creator and a regular performer on the television show Crank Yankers ( 2002 – 2007 ).

* John Crank ( 1916 – 2006 ), British mathematical physicist

* Crank ( film ), a 2006 film starring Jason Statham

* Crank ( Hoodoo Gurus album ), 1994

* Crank ( novel ), a 2004 book written by Ellen Hopkins

* " Crank " ( song ), a song by the alternative rock band Catherine Wheel

* Crank ( person ), a pejorative term used for a person who unshakably holds a belief that most of his or her contemporaries consider to be false.

European action actors such as Belgian-born Jean-Claude Van Damme ( Bloodsport, Hard Target, Timecop ), Moroccan-born Jean Reno ( Ronin ), Swedish-born Dolph Lundgren ( Showdown in Little Tokyo, Universal Soldier, The Expendables ) and English-born Jason Statham ( The Transporter, The Expendables, Crank ), appeared in a number of 1990s and 2000s-era action films.

* Lucifer's Crank cassette EP ( self issued, 1988, reissued on 7 " by Rough Trade No. 6 ( Karbon ), 1991, KAR 13 / 7 )

Rockefeller won re-election in November 1968, having defeated Marion H. Crank ( 1915 – 1994 ), a state legislator who had won the Democratic nomination in a heated fight with Virginia Morris Johnson, wife of Jim Johnson and the first woman ever to seek the office of governor of Arkansas.

" Sí señor " was featured in the Alejandro González Iñárritu film Amores perros, and Control Machete's music was heard in the 2005 film Land of the Dead ( En El Camino ), as well as the 2006 film Crank ( Bandera ) starring Jason Statham.

* Special Ed ( Jim Florentine ), a character on the TV show Crank Yankers

Massey has also performed on TV in Greg the Bunny, Angel, Malcolm in the Middle, Muppets Tonight, Cousin Skeeter, Lost on Earth, and Crank Yankers ; and in TV advertisements for Foster Farms ( as the driver chicken ), Sony ( the blue guy ) and Levi's ( as Flat Eric ).

Best man was Lieutenant Commander Leigh C. Palmer, USN ( White House naval aide ), and other groom's men were Lieutenant Commanders R. K. Crank, L. M. Overstreet, and Lieutenant H. W. Osterhaus.

Contributors to the magazine have included Julie Burchill, David Furnish, Mark Simpson ( the magazine's leading columnist in its early years ), Tim Teeman, Simon Fanshawe, Will Self, Augusten Burroughs, Andrew M. Potts, Anthony Crank, Jackie Collins, Matt Lucas, Boy George, Russell T Davies, Graham Norton, Preston from The Ordinary Boys, Bruce LaBruce and photographer Wolfgang Tillmans.

For diffusion equations ( and many other equations ), it can be shown the Crank – Nicolson method is unconditionally stable .< ref >.

Because a number of other phenomena can be modeled with the heat equation ( often called the diffusion equation in financial mathematics ), the Crank – Nicolson method has been applied to those areas as well.

Note however, that for non-smooth final conditions ( which happen for most financial instruments ), the Crank – Nicolson method is not satisfactory as numerical oscillations are not damped.

* Crank ( person ), a pejorative term

* Dopamine releasing agents ( DRAs ) such as amphetamine ( Adderall, Dexedrine ; " Speed "), lisdexamfetamine ( Vyvanse ), methamphetamine ( Desoxyn ; " Meth ", " Crank ", " Crystal ", etc.

Crank length is measured from the center of the pedal spindle to the center of the bottom bracket spindle or axle.

In 1913 he moved to Hopkin's Crank at Ditchling Common, two miles north of the village.

Also in 1978, Brown's single " Crank It Up " peaked in the Billboard Disco Chart at # 4.

Crank arms have a threaded hole ( or " eye ") at their outboard end to accommodate the pedal spindle.

Pending Hashmeer's departure from the band Blade has taken over Vocals ( Talks / Shoutes ) and Blade's alleged son " Rowbby the Sheeth " as he is known in the " Waffle house Crank Call " bonus track at the end of " Stepping on the Crowtche owf Your Americain Presidaint " album has taken over Bass guitar in Blade's place.

Hefley was incensed at the tactics used in the election, particularly a mailed brochure from the Christian Coalition of Colorado associating Crank with " public support for members and efforts of the homosexual agenda.

The square tower on the lower side of the bridge at the Galway end was erected to protect the old bridge, as was the Salt Battery, with emplacements for four cannons facing west and north, a few hundred yards from town along the Crank Road.

Eat-Man is a series of short, episodic stories about an " explorer " ( a type of mercenary job ) named Bolt Crank, who has the ability to eat virtually anything, and can then produce from his body at will any object he has consumed.

then, letting, the equation for Crank – Nicolson method is a combination of the forward Euler method at and the backward Euler method at n + 1 ( note, however, that the method itself is not simply the average of those two methods, as the equation has an implicit dependence on the solution ):

* Crank noseband or Swedish Cavesson: used most often on dressage horses at levels where a double bridle is worn, this noseband is similar to the plain cavesson except it has a leveraged buckle design that may be adjusted very tight, so as to keep the horse's mouth closed.

Crank was trained in drama at the Oldham Theatre Workshop.

Crank torque is at 2950 rpm for the GT, and for the FT. Other differences from the normal 16V redblock engine are that it uses a remote mounted oil filter ( Away from block on exhaust side engine mount ) and a windage tray.

* Crank conjecture, a term coined by Freeman Dyson to explain congruence patterns in integer partitions

* Marion H. Crank, a former state representative who was the Democratic gubernatorial nominee in 1968, having been narrowly defeated by incumbent Republican Winthrop Rockefeller.

A movement called " Don't Yank The Crank " was organized by David Perham and Brad Hooper in a valiant but futile effort to keep their beloved crank phones.

The Blood Guts & Pussy LP was followed up by EP Lucifer's Crank released by No. 6 Records, as well as another Sub Pop LP, the metal-punk Thank Heaven For Little Girls, both in 1991.

Crank magnetism is a term popularized by physiologist and blogger Mark Hoofnagle to describe the propensity of cranks to hold multiple irrational, unsupported or ludicrous beliefs that are often unrelated to one another.

Crank Yankers is an American television show produced by Adam Carolla, Jimmy Kimmel and Daniel Kellison that featured actual crank calls made by show regulars and celebrity guests, and re-enacted onscreen by puppets for a visual aid to show the viewer what is happening in the call.

* Crank by Ellen Hopkins

In 1967 – 1968 a series Wireless World Digital Computer by Brian Crank was published.

According to Deadline Hollywood, Sony Pictures is bringing Twisted Metal to the big screen by hiring Crank, Crank: High Voltage, Gamer, and Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance co-writer and co-director Brian Taylor to the film.

She owns a long stick with bells on it ( called ' The Crank ') and threatens students into behaving by shaking it in an aggressive manner, inevitably to hit them.

She lost the nomination by a wide margin in a runoff with State Representative Marion H. Crank ( 1915 – 1994 ) of Foreman in Little River County, who was in turn narrowly defeated by Rockefeller in the general election.

The 152 is operated by Cumfy Bus and runs along Higher Lane to St. Helens via Crank hourly.

The AbioCor heart is featured in the 2009 film Crank: High Voltage, when it is transplanted into the main character Chev Chelios's ( Jason Statham ) chest after he had been abducted by Chinese mobsters in the very beginning of the movie.

* " Quo Vadis ", 1994 song by the Australian band Hoodoo Gurus, on the Crank album

* Crank Dot Net, a list of websites, roughly organized by subject area and sub-categorised by crankiness, including anti-crank sites.