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Bell-crank.


Machinery.) A rectangular lever having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle, by which the direction of a motion is changed 90°. Its pri- [269] mary application was for ringing bells, hence the name; but it is applicable to many other purposes where a power is to be exerted upon a weight in a direction of 90° from it.

Bell-crank.

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