It consisted of a replica cogwheel with wire rope and was intended to symbolise the technology used in operating the sluices. |
They drove a jackshaft, which took the power through gearing to the cogwheel, which engaged in the usual way with the rack rail. |
In the presence of tremor this latter form of hypertonia produces ratcheted, jerking movements, thus the name cogwheel rigidity. |
The keys are manufactured with 4 accurately positioned perforations corresponding to the pitch of the cogwheel. |
The cogwheel section of the Appenzell Railway to Gais begins in Altstätten. |
Inside, you can see not only the impressively-sized cogwheel, but also picture the frugal life of a mill-keeper and his family. |