Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In a steam-engine, a lever which operates the slide-valve so as to reverse the action of the steam and thus change the direction of motion.
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Examples
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As the train sped on, the engineer moved the reversing-lever notch by notch nearer the centre of the guide.
Stories of Inventors The Adventures of Inventors and Engineers Russell Doubleday 1910
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It is reversed by means of the same mechanism used on locomotives -- the link-motion and reversing-lever, by which the direction of the steam is reversed and the engine made to run the other way.
Stories of Inventors The Adventures of Inventors and Engineers Russell Doubleday 1910
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Though the engineer seemed to be taking it easily enough with his hand resting lightly on the reversing-lever, his body at rest, the fireman was kept on the jump.
Stories of Inventors The Adventures of Inventors and Engineers Russell Doubleday 1910
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The reversing-lever went over with a clash; the air whistled into the brakes; and Winton began to ease the throttle open.
A Fool for Love Francis Lynde 1893
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Ford was leaning against the centered reversing-lever, and his face was gloomy again.
Empire Builders Francis Lynde 1893
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