Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A main shaft:
  • noun A long shaft, in a factory or shop, which furnishes power to the countershafts for the various machines. It may be driven directly by the engine, by a belt from the engine, or by a motor.
  • noun In marine engineering, the part of the propeller-shaft which reaches from the thrust-shaft to the tail-shaft.

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  • Moving Water Industries is an industry leader in the manufacture and sale of extended line-shaft axial and mixed flow propeller pumps, submersible electric pumps and its patented Hydraflo Pump which can save up to 50% of the cost of installing a pump station.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • Moving Water Industries is an industry leader in the manufacture and sale of extended line-shaft axial and mixed flow propeller pumps, submersible electric pumps and its patented Hydraflo Pump which can save up to 50% of the cost of installing a pump station.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

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