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1675 J. Smith Horol. Dialogues App. 106 They which spectificate the Motion, are the pinion (a) fixed to the Arbour of the great wheel moving, (B) the Dial wheel having its revolution in (H) hours or parts of time, [etc.].

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Watch The Dial-Wheel..serves to carry the Hand.

1795 J. Aikin Descr. Country round Manch. 311 They..excel in what is called motion-work, such as dial wheels, locking springs, [etc.].

1893 U.S. Patent 499,294 5/2 Each of said dial wheels being connected to the next higher dial wheel by the well-known Geneva-movement.

1921 Tariff Information Surv. on Articles Tariff Act 1913 (U.S. Tariff Comm. C-26) (rev. ed.) 29 Many of the parts, such as winding mechanisms, movements,..balances, hands, dial wheels, etc., are made in special workshops in the homes of workers.

1999 C. Prisant Antiques Roadshow Primer 179/2 (caption) A. anchor escapement. B. weight. C. barrel. D. main wheel. E. center wheel. F. third wheel. G. dial wheels. H. pendulum.

1841 Sat. Mag. 6 Feb. 54/1 Babbage's Calculating Engine... It prints the tables as fast as it calculates them. When one of the dial-wheels is in such a position as to indicate any particular figure of the table, some mechanism at the back raises a curved arm.

1867 Ann. Sci. Discov. 1866–7 43 S. P. Ruggles's Dynamometer... The dial-wheel now goes faster than the wheel carrying the hand, and begins to count up the power used.

1888 Amer. Meteorol. Jrnl. 4 563 The anemometer dial wheel is made one pole of a battery, and a metallic point which is the other pole..comes in contact with the wheel.

1900 Patents for Inventions: Abridgm. Specif. Class 106, Registering, Indicating, Measuring & Calculating 1893–96 32/2 The fixed pointer J indicates upon the face of the dial wheel the number of pounds of yarn spun by the machine.

1971 Rotarian Nov. 59/2 (advt.) A series of six dial wheels sets the rubber imprinting rollers to the amount desired, up to $9,999.99.

2012 K. Hughes et al. in H. A. ElMaraghy Enabling Manufacturing Competitiveness & Econ. Sustainability 305/1 A typical dial wheel in a continuous assembly machine..rotates at 20 rpm or less.

1938 U.S. Patent 2,136,630 1/2 The dial wheel is rotated so that the finger aperture which has digit 1 is just above the finger stop and then released.

1957 J. Fields & P. De Vried Tunnel of Love i. i. 5 An ordinary box phone with several push buttons below the dial wheel will do.

1997 L. Standiford Bk. Deal (2002) x. 121 ‘You need the number?’ Deal asked. He rubbed at the plastic dial wheel. A five-number exchange?

2003 H. Petroski Small Things Considered iv. 184 Dialing a letter or numeral was done by inserting the index finger into the appropriate hole, turning the dial wheel clockwise to the finger stop, and releasing.