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sector and gears
Closeup of the London Science Museum's difference engine showing some of the number wheels and the sector gears between columns.
The sector gears on the middle-right are facing the back side of the engine, but the single-high teeth are clearly visible.
At the same time, the sector gears are returned to their original position, which causes them to increment the even column wheels back to their original values.
The sector gears are double-high on one side so they can be lifted to disengage from the odd column wheels while they still remain in contact with the even column wheels.
For accurately checking the dimensions of the gears he adapted the sector, which he developed for sale to other engineers.
In 1921, Miller switched gears, moving from the private sector to academia.
In 1934, Miller again began switching gears, this time migrating from academia to the public sector.

sector and on
However, during the January to September 2010 period, the sector experienced a 5. 2 percent year-on-year decrease, which according to the Civilitas Foundation is an indication of the unsustainability of a sector based on an elite market, with few products for the median or low budgets.
The global economic crisis has had less impact on imports because the sector is more diversified than exports.
Its economy is primarily based on the service sector, encompassing a diverse range of creative industries, media corporations, and convention venues.
51. 8 % of the Government's revenue comes directly from licence fees for offshore companies, and considerable further sums are raised directly or indirectly from payroll taxes relating to salaries paid within the trust industry sector ( which tend to be higher on average than those paid in the tourism sector ).
However, since December 2000, when the government enacted new regulations on the financial sector, many international businesses have left The Bahamas.
Overall growth prospects in the short run rest heavily on the fortunes of the tourism sector, which depends on growth in the US, the source of more than 80 % of the visitors.
Programmes for strengthening the sector are carried out on national and regional levels, such as the PRAFIDE ( Programme Régional d ’ Appui à la finance Décentralisée ).
The economy of Bulgaria functions on the principles of the free market, having a large private sector and a small, but strong public sector.
On June 26, 2009, Jeff Immelt, the CEO of General Electric, called for the U. S. to increase its manufacturing base employment to 20 % of the workforce, commenting that the U. S. has outsourced too much in some areas and can no longer rely on the financial sector and consumer spending to drive demand.
Public discussion revolves around public sector expenditure and social services, the pace of additional economic development, and the status of the large foreign national community on the islands.
Private sector businesses did not grow as the taxes on private enterprise were often prohibitive.
The components used for base metal were needed for war time production ( i. e., military applications ) and a ban was placed on their use in the private sector.
In ten years, the sector lost 7, 000 km² to imports, represented mostly in heavily subsidized agricultural products from the United States, as a result of this policy, with a critical impact on employment in rural areas.
Each side of 170 kBs was split into 683 sectors on 35 tracks, each of the sectors holding 256 bytes ; the file system made each sector individually rewritable.
The directory starts on 40 / 3 ( track 40, sector 3 ).
Most tourists visit the Dominican Republic on account of its beaches, but there is an expanding eco-tourism and outdoor activity sector, focused on the country's mountains and wildlife.
In an attempt to regulate the retail sector, the government has recently reformed taxation laws, so that small shops pay taxes on a regular monthly basis.
With most of the population remaining active in ( or indirectly dependent on ) the agricultural sector, the main pressure in most areas remained land clearing for crop and cattle farming.
The popularity of the comic strip within the corporate sector has led to the Dilbert character being used in many business magazines and publications ( he has made several appearances on the cover of Fortune ).

sector and left
Science has simply left us helpless and powerless in this important sector of our lives.
This is like Step 1, except it is odd columns ( 3, 5, 7 ) added to even columns ( 2, 4, 6 ), and column one has its values transferred by a sector gear to the print mechanism on the left end of the engine.
On 29 June, he ordered XXX Corps — South African 1st, Indian 5th and 10th Infantry Divisions — to take the coastal sector on the right of the front and XIII Corps — New Zealand and Indian 5th Divisions — to be on the left.
The location of this attack, probably because of the Maginot Line, was through the Belgian Ardennes forest ( sector 4 ) which is off the map to the left of Maginot Line sector 6 ( as marked ).
By emphasizing the industrial sector, Seoul's export-oriented development strategy left the rural sector relatively underdeveloped.
After having left his political position as leader of the Moderate Party in 1999, apart from being engaged on international issues, Bildt took up a number of private sector positions as well as with international think-tanks.
To the left of Dog Green sat the Dog White sector, between the Vierville and Les Moulins strongpoints ( defending draws D-1 and D-3 ); and here was a different story.
Having assumed office, the need for such action was justified when Kennett and his new Treasurer Alan Stockdale discovered that the outgoing government had left them with $ 2. 2 billion budget deficit, a net public sector debt of $ 33 billion and budget sector debt of $ 16 billion.
However, the weight of the vote in each academic sector is different: the total student vote usually represents 20 % of the whole, no matter how many students there are ; the votes of the entire group made up of professors and readers ( members of what formerly was known as the Claustro ( cloister )) usually counts for about 40-50 % of the total ; lecturers, researchers ( including Ph. D. students and others ) and non-doctoral teachers, about 20 % of the total ; and the remainder ( usually some 5-10 %) is left for non-scholarly workers ( people in administration, etc.
For four years, under the command of King Albert I of Belgium, the Belgian army guarded the important sector of the Allied left wing between Nieuwpoort, on the coast, and Ypres with the help of the forces of the Entente but did not participate in any of the major Allied offensives, deemed unnecessarily expensive and unnecessary in men by the King of the Belgians.
The area appears to have remained largely British in the first century or so after Britain left the Roman Empire, but pagan burials and place names in its north-eastern sector suggest an inflow of Angles along the Warwickshire Avon and perhaps by other routes ; they may have exacted tribute from British rulers.
The citizens could have left the entire matter for the private sector, in which case any regulation they undertook could not discriminate against interstate commerce.
Sauret's division of 7, 300 infantry and 100 Hussars held the coastal sector on the left flank.
As the French were crossing east of Lobau island, the only significant Austrian force in the immediate vicinity was Armand von Nordmann's Advance Guard, which had been left in the sector with orders to delay the enemy advance.
His troops left Leopoldau towards 07: 30 and subsequently deployed between Breintlee and Hirschstetten, driving in the enemy outposts in the sector.
Still, the resolutely-led attack achieved Napoleon's main strategic goal, which was to pin down the Austrian forces in this sector, preventing Charles from reinforcing his battered left.
The cultural left in this country is responsible for causing 9 / 11 ... the cultural left and its allies in Congress, the media, Hollywood, the non-profit sector and the universities are the primary cause of the volcano of anger toward America that is erupting from the Islamic world.
The program caused entrepreneurs to stay away from agriculture and a number of productive farmers left the farming sector.
Further left, in the XXX Corps sector, 51st Division had moved directly north to take Palazzolo and Vizzini ( west of Syracuse ), while the Canadians, having secured the deserted Pachino airfield, headed northwest to make contact with the American right wing at Ragusa having driven off the Italian 122 Infantry Regiment north of Pachino.

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