Cogwheel

The cogwheel railway climbs 4,550 feet through the Bernese Alps and takes passengers to an altitude of 11,225 feet to Europe's highest train station, offering views of the alpine landscape. ❋ Goran Mijuk (2011)

The mighty horizontal cogwheel had thick wooden spikes which in turn fitted into the crevices of another vertical cog, and these wheels put four heavy beams in motion. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I like the look of the book and would find the discussion of cogwheel trains interesting, especially were I back in the 2nd grade. ❋ Unknown (2010)

If you help the tax payer, he will spend money which in turn will begin the cogwheel of business. ❋ Unknown (2010)

On the second day in Switzerland we took a scenic cogwheel up to the snowcapped Jungfrau, one of the highest peaks in the Swiss Alps. ❋ Sister Madonna Buder (2010)

Louvered windows, giving onto the rear garden, are operated by an industrial cogwheel. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Angolatwo equal horizontal bands of red (top) and black with a centered yellow emblem consisting of a five-pointed star within half a cogwheel crossed by a machete (in the style of a hammer and sickle) ❋ Unknown (2008)

Burmared with a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing 14, white, five-pointed stars encircling a cogwheel containing a stalk of rice; the 14 stars represent the seven administrative divisions and seven states ❋ Unknown (2008)

Flag description: two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and black with a centered yellow emblem consisting of a five-pointed star within half a cogwheel crossed by a machete (in the style of a hammer and sickle) EconomyEconomy—overview: Angola's high growth rate is driven by its oil sector, with record oil prices and rising petroleum production. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Flag description: red with a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing 14, white, five-pointed stars encircling a cogwheel containing a stalk of rice; the 14 stars represent the seven administrative divisions and seven states ❋ Unknown (2008)

An economist described the slave trade as 'basic and fundamental principle of all the rest, like the mainspring of the machine which sets every cogwheel in motion.' ❋ Unknown (2006)

Also: la grande roue = the Ferris wheel une roue dentée = a cogwheel un bateau à roues = a paddle boat véhicule à deux/quatre roues = two -/four-wheeled vehicles une roue de secours = a spare wheel or tire une roue de transmission = a driving wheel la roue de la Fortune = the wheel of Fortune la cinquième roue du carosse = an entirely useless person, thing ❋ Unknown (2004)

Also related: this MathTrek article, Riding on square wheels, showing another nice example of unusual gearing, Stan Wagon's square-wheeled tricycle; and bournonite (aka cogwheel ore). ❋ Ray Girvan (2004)

I had bought a huge saw-blade and cut teeth all down the back; these teeth fitted into a little cogwheel set to take the friction, and driven forward by the spring. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The man who does not understand the construction of the machine cannot conceive that the small connecting cogwheel which revolves quietly is one of the most essential parts of the machine, and not the shaving which merely harms and hinders the working. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Not to be touched by any, any of the mechanical cogwheel people. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Harvath took a last look back at the Hotel Derby and Grand Hotel Regina, which flanked the Grindelwald train station, as he crossed the platform toward the cogwheel train. ❋ Brad Thor (2002)